Kartemquin Films

Skip to content

Main Menu

Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining

In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to save the plant from becoming the latest victim of anti-union legislation and the globalization of cheap, exploitable labor.

In 1981-2, the Kartemquin filmmakers returned to the Taylor Chain plant to show labor and management working together against the odds, trying to save the plant from becoming the latest victim of anti-union legislation and the globalization of cheap, exploitable labor.

A sequel to Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local.

Filmmakers

Sound

Jerry Blumenthal

Narrator

Vince Viverito

Media

Awards and Distinctions

American Film Festival

Honorable Mention

1985

Festival of Illinois

First Prize

1985

International Labor Communications Association Film & Broadcast Competition

First Award

1985

Rotterdam Film Festival

Official Selection

1985

Tyneside Festival (England)

Official Selection

1985

Chicago International Film Festival

Gold Plaque

1984