The River Ran Red (1993)
• September 11th, 1993 • 1h 0min
Documentary, History
Overview
Blair Brown narrates this gripping account of a community's struggle to preserve its way of life. In the summer of 1892, a bitter conflict erupted at the Carnegie Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The nation's largest steel maker took on its most militant union with devastating consequences for American workers.
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