Killing Jimmy Hoffa
Written and directed by Al Profit
USA, 2014
Sure, there have been a feature film, a few documentaries and countless written articles on the life and times of the vanished legendary American labor union leader James “Jimmy” Riddle Hoffa (his “disappearance” date being July 30, 1975). Most notably fare such as the Danny DeVito-directed 1992 film Hoffa starring Jack Nicholson in the tile role tried to depict the controversial teamster union leader in all his noted glory. Of course Hoffa’s glory days as being a young union activist within the ranks of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to becoming one of the most powerful and divisive union leaders in the country came as a heavy price to pay. Presiding over a whopping teamsters union that had the largest membership in the United States definitely was a monumental achievement for the Midwestern native that came from nothing in his severely...
Written and directed by Al Profit
USA, 2014
Sure, there have been a feature film, a few documentaries and countless written articles on the life and times of the vanished legendary American labor union leader James “Jimmy” Riddle Hoffa (his “disappearance” date being July 30, 1975). Most notably fare such as the Danny DeVito-directed 1992 film Hoffa starring Jack Nicholson in the tile role tried to depict the controversial teamster union leader in all his noted glory. Of course Hoffa’s glory days as being a young union activist within the ranks of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to becoming one of the most powerful and divisive union leaders in the country came as a heavy price to pay. Presiding over a whopping teamsters union that had the largest membership in the United States definitely was a monumental achievement for the Midwestern native that came from nothing in his severely...
- 1/30/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
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