USA, 2012, 80 min.
Digital, Color and B&W
Writer, Director, Producer: Sasha Reuther
Best Documentary Feature, Detroit Independent Film Festival/Michigan Film Awards, 2012
Best Documentary Feature, Workers Unite Film Festival
Official Selection, Chicago International Social Change Film Festival
Official Selection, Real Work Labor Film Festival
Official Selection, 2012 Washington, DC International Film Festival

Brothers On The Line explores the social action legacy of the Reuther brothers—Walter, Roy, and Victor—pioneering labor organizers and justice statesmen, and their remarkable leadership of the United Auto Workers union from 1946-1970.

Directed by Victor’s grandson Sasha Reuther and narrated by Martin Sheen, the film follows the brothers from their rise as shop-floor organizers in 1930′s Detroit to leaders in collective bargaining, pensions, healthcare, civil and worker rights, and international labor solidarity. Rare UAW archive footage, personal photos, oral histories, and interviews with a broad spectrum of labor, civil rights, and political personalities chronicle one family’s quest to compel American democracy to live up to its promise of equality. -NWFC

“A touching homage to three working-class men who played an underappreciated role in every major social movement during 40 years of American history”
–Washington City Paper

Sasha Reuther: Writer Director, Producer
Born in Detroit and a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Sasha Reuther is an independent filmmaker in NYC. For the past 14 years, he has worked as a Producer/Director on reality TV, commercials, music videos, and short films for clients including National Geographic, Animal Planet, Sundance Channel, Columbia Records, and The Starwood Hotel Group. As the grandson of labor leader and social activist Victor Reuther, Sasha combines a unique family perspective with comprehensive production experience to make his first feature-length documentary, Brothers On The Line, a thought-provoking historical narrative of power, commitment, and brotherhood.

Live post-screening discussion with director Sasha Reuther via skype at all screenings

Sunday, October 28
5:00 p.m. & 7:20 p.m.
Monday, October 29 • 7:20 p.m.
At Bijou Art Cinemas

Reservations Now Closed
Tickets will be available at Bijou Art Cinemas as of their first show of the day at 4:20 p.m.
Thank you.

Brothers On The Line is also showing Tuesday, October 30 • 7:00 p.m. as part of Northwest Film Center’s Voices in Action: Human Rights on Film series