"Titanic:Blood and Steel" Good Mini-Series re Labor Rights and Intrigue over Building Titanic.

[KoKo]

Kind of cool..as it weaves in Workers Rights against JP Morgan Corporate Rights vs. the Engineer who did "Stress Test" of the "Plated & Rivets" that held Titanic Together and his crusade to try to get them to do better steel quality in the Plates and Rivets that held Titanic together and how "cheaper won" while Women's Suffrage and Workers Rights (Labor) were Raging in the Background.

It's a Heads Up for something "Some" of our more Progressive Dems would want to Watch Live on Netflix. This is from the DU Netflix Site so it's "APPROVED" by DU for posting...here in
General Discussion" ...I think.

RECOMMENDATION FROM OP in DU NETFLIX GROUP:

Titanic:Blood and Steel
This is a 12 episode series, not about the voyage , but about the life and times of those people in Belfast, Ireland in that period leading to the commissioning of the Titanic.

"I finished 8 episodes, and we're still looking for more! Nicely done and the story is always varied due to problems with labor, religion and romance."



Check it Out Here: (We found it an incredibly good watch for the times we live in and not depressing...but very well-done production.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11432466

[KoKo]

1. Netflix Subscribers can just do the Search...others might find it on Amazon/Blockbuster

but I haven't checked to see if it's there on the latter two video rental places.

[Brigid]

2. I've seen a preview of this.

I've got to see it.

[KoKo]

3. I posted it as a good Sunday Night watch for those of us who like a break then...

(when we used to have good stuff from PBS to relax into before work Monday morning)...but, this series is just one of those things to BOOKMARK for when you want to watch when you have time in "these times."

It's not for everyone...but does have a "history lesson" that I think many DU Lefties would find encouraging about how people fought for rights so long ago and how we might be going to have to do this ALL AGAIN! Because people have a way of forgetting.




It also has good MAN Stuff and Female Interest ...so it crosses genders who like a little "romance" in with their Politics. 's

[Brigid]

4. I saw the preview on my DVD set . . .

Of "The Men Who Built America." I guess they figured that someone who liked one would like the other.

One thing that bothers me is that even though I am something of a history buff, my education about labor history has pretty much been a do-it-yourself affair. I never heard of Henry Frick before I saw "The Men Who Built America," never heard of the Battle of Blair Mountain until I saw a doc about Appalachia (both on History Channel), and never got a really good look at the Haymarket incident or the Pullman strike until I saw a doc about Chicago on PBS.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Just loved this series and want to add my recommendation

It was very good, for many reasons and close to my heart for a few....