Stand!

About Stand!

In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike.

Stand! (2019) is a history film directed by Robert Adetuyi. Laura Slade Wiggins stars as Rebecca Almazoff, Gregg Henry as Mike Sokolowski, Marshall Williams as Stefan Sokolowski, and Hayley Sales as Helen Armstrong.

It runs 110 minutes and was released in November 2019. Written by Danny Schur and Rick Chafe. The film began as real events.

Shelv files it under 1910s, immigrant, labor strike, and suffragettes.

Funny Girl, Mary Poppins, and The Sound of Music make useful companions to Stand!, all filed under musical and based on play or musical.