“From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks”
The story of Harry Bridges and the ILWU
Narrated by Elliott Gould and Ed Asner with a soundtrack by Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie and others.The special screening will be held simultaneously in San Pedro, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle Sunday, September 4 beginning at 6:00 pm
All tickets are $10 All ILWU pensioners (including spouses) are invited to come as our guests, i.e., free.

Venues

San Francisco: Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
3301 Lyon Street , S.F., CA 94123 For advanced tickets please telephone City Box Office at (415) 392-4400 - after July 15. Tickets also available at the door day of performance. For VIP Reception information please phone 415- 971-7291 or e-mail christielward@sbcglobal.net. The San Francisco screening will be preceded by a reception hosted by actor Ian Ruskin, who portrays Harry Bridges in the film. Reception tickets are $100 For additional information click on www.theharrybridgesproject.org

San Pedro: Grand Warner Theater
478 West 6th Street
Tickets available at: The Harry Bridges Institute Community Labor Center, 350 West Fifth Street Suite 209, San Pedro, CA 90731,  Open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 310-831-2397
Or email at sdonato@harrybridges.com

Portland: The Guild Theater
829 SW 9th Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
Tickets: 503-228-5047

Seattle: The Meany Theatre
Located on the west edge of the University of Washington campus, just minutes from the NE 45th Street exit off I-5. Limited covered parking is available for a fee underneath the theater in the Central Parking Garage located at 15th Avenue NE at 41st Street. Other paid parking is designated by stripes on the map.
Tickets: 206-257-9838

Five years ago British-born actor Ian Ruskin created a one-person, one-act play recreating the struggles, victories and passions of union organizer and ILWU leader/founder Harry Bridges. In many of Harry’s own words—sometimes serious, sometimes funny—Ruskin brings Harry to life. From his rallying speeches of the 1930’s to his electrifying testimony at his many trials, the piece spans Bridges’ life from his childhood in Australia until near his retirement in the 1970s. Included are the 1934 General Strike in San Francisco, the groundbreaking Mechanization and Modernization and the constant controversy of a politically–charged union. Two years ago Ruskin performed the play to a packed house of longshoreman at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro. Haskell Wexler, multi Academy Award winning director of the 1969 film “Medium Cool,” filmed it. The result, “FROM WHARF RATS TO LORDS OF THE DOCKS,” features Ruskin’s performance blended with interviews from salty old labor veterans who knew Harry and current ambitious union workers talking about organizing today.