During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement. He becomes prominent as a leader of fellow African-Americans in the union, though many, including his best friend, view him as a sell-out.
7/15/2021 (Cannes Classics Cannes Film Festival (France)) 3/25/1985 (USA Film Festival (USA)) 1/1/1985 (Sundance Film Festival (USA)) 1/1/1985 (Cannes Film Festival (France))