Joe Hill
Joe Hill is a 1971 biopic about the Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill, born Joel Emanuel Hägglund in Gävle, Sweden. It was directed by Swedish director Bo Widerberg and is a dramatization of Hill's life, depicting Hill's arrival as a poor immigrant in New York in 1902, his involvement with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and his trial for murder, during which he defended himself.
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author | Bo Widerberg |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Bo Widerberg |
editor | Bo Widerberg |
genre | drama |
musicBy | Stefan Großmann |
productionCompany | Bo Widerberg Film Sagittarius Productions |
theme | activists biographical drama |