SHOW DATES AND TIMES
Friday, May 24th @ 7:00PM
Saturday, May 25th @ 7:00PM
Sunday, May 26th @ 3:00PM
Friday, May 31st @ 7:00PM
Saturday, June 1st @ 7:00PM (Including a Talk-Back)
Sunday, June 2nd @ 3:00PM
Tickets Available Online: $16 ($20 at the door)
http://theseshininglives.brownpapertickets.com/
‘These Shining Lives’ is based on the
true story of The Radium Girls. 1922, Ottawa, Illinois, the Radium Dial Factory
that hired young ladies to paint the faces of watches and clocks with a
solution that made them glow in the dark. The women eagerly accepted the jobs,
excited to be making their own money for the first time.
While the bosses
wore protective gear, instructors taught the girls to "tip" their
camel hairbrushes between their lips to maintain a fine point. The women were
told that the paint—a mixture of glue, water, and radium powder—was harmless,
however, once ingested the radium cause debilitating illnesses and death. Over
1,000 women worked in the radium dial industry in different radium factories
over the course of a decade.
‘These Shining Lives’, tells the
story of Catherine Donohue and her co-workers who worked at the Radium Dial
factory, became sick and fought back by suing the company. Their case and a few
others changed labor law and set the precedent for tighter occupational health
and safety laws nationwide.
Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwhK6gTDde0
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