Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars

Northern Minnesota's Labor Wars (2017) is a documentary film directed by Gary Kaunonen.

Filmmaker Gary Kaunonen of KCC-TV in International Falls just released a new documentary about a pivotal time in Northern Minnesota’s labor history. It’s called “Northern Minnesota’s Labor Wars.” The years 1916 and 1917 brought major labor uprisings in the mines of the Mesabi Iron Range and the lumber camps of the state’s far northern pine forests. These events not only shaped local history, but became vital turning points in the national and international labor movement.

Cast

Pam Brunfelt

Interviewee

Aaron Brown

Interviewee

Saku Pinta

Interviewee

Gary Kaunonen

Interviewee

Jason Scorich

Interviewee

Allyse Freeman

Interviewee

Christopher Welter

Cecelia Wattles-McKeig

Judy Dvorak

Shannon Murray

Robert Walls, Jr.

Mike Holden