10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief nudity See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 2002 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

10.000 hombres llamados George See more »

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production Co:

Dufferin Gate Productions, Paramount Network Television Productions, Paramount Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

95 min  | Argentina: 92 min  | Japan: 89 min  | USA: 89 min (dvd version)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Trivia

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BCSP) was created August 25, 1925 as a union for Pullman porters and maids. While the script and storyline of this movie does not make reference to female membership directly, there are visual references to female voting membership in the meetings and especially in the voting lines, especially as depicted in the union/police confrontation scene towards the end of the movie. The BSCP was the first Afro-American labor organization to receive a charter (membership) in the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and continued to be an active member union of the AFL up to and including the 1955 merger of the AFL with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) to form the AFL-CIO. See more »

Quotes

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Title Card: On August 25th, 1937 the Pullman Company signed the first ever agreement between a union of black workers and a major American corporation. It was twelve years - to the day - of the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Title Card: For the next four decades Randolph carried forward his fight for equality. In 1963, commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Randolph initiated the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was at that gathering that a young Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech... and Randolph passed his torch to a new generation of leaders in the fight for Civil Rights.
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Crazy Credits

This film is dedicated to all
the men and women who were
involved in the struggle to
organize the Pullman porters. See more »