9to5: The Story of a Movement (movie)
- User score: 7.6
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Steven Bognar , Julia Reichert
- Production companies: Chicken & Egg Films, Independent Lens, National Endowment for the Arts, Fork Films
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 6/23/2020
- Run time: 89 min.
Movie description
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.
