9to5: The Story of a Movement

• Movies
• 2020-06-19
• EN
• Released
• 1h 29m
• US
• Documentary

• 7.7
• 9
• Trailer

Production

Chicken & Egg Films, Independent Lens, National Endowment for the Arts, Fork Films

Storyline

In the early 1970s, a group of secretaries in Boston decided that they had suffered in silence long enough. They started fighting back, creating a movement to force changes in their workplaces. This movement became national, and is a largely forgotten story of U.S. twentieth century history. It encapsulates a unique intersection of the women’s movement with the labor movement. The awareness these secretaries brought to bear on women’s work reverberates even today. Clericals were the low-wage workers of their era. America now confronts the growing reality of deep income inequality. The stories and strategies of these bold, creative women resonates in contemporary America.