The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Since its opening in 1882, the Paris Bourse du Travail (Labor Exchange) has remained a nerve center of the labor movement. Once a hotbed of revolutionary syndicalism, and now a meeting place for the main labor federations, history is etched into the walls of the Bourse. It is from the rooms bearing the names of illustrious figures—Eugène Varlin, Fernand Pelloutier, Jean Jaurès, Léon Jouhaux—that historians (Jean Bruhat, Bernard Georges, Jacques Julliard, Jean Maitron, Madeleine Reberioux, Denise Trintant) and the Bourse's general secretary, Jean Braire, have sought to bring to life a century of social history. The general secretaries of the five major labor federations (André Bergeron, Jean Bornard, Edmond Maire, Jacques Pommateau, Georges Seguy) discuss the origins of the Bourses du Travail, but also address the present and the future.
Ratings
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard BaissatDirector
- Bernard BaissatWriter
Cast
- Jean BraireSelf
- Jean MaitronSelf
- Bernard GeorgeSelf
- Madeleine RebériouxSelf
- André BergeronSelf
- Edmond MaireSelf
- François MitterrandSelf (archive footage)
- Georges SéguySelf
- Jean BruhatSelf
- Jacques JulliardSelf
- Denise TintantSelf
- Jean BornardSelf