FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories
of Detroit. Through interviews with the members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of leafleting and picketing actions, the film
documents their efforts to build an independent black labor organization that, unlike the UAW, will respond to worker's problems, such as the assembly line
speed-up and inadequate wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry.
Beginning with a historical montage, from the early days of slavery through the subsequent growth and organization of the working class, FINALLY GOT THE NEWS
focuses on the crucial role played by the black worker in the American economy. Also explored is the educational 'tracking' system for both white and black youth,
the role of African American women in the labor force, and relations between white and black workers.
"Although most histories of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements give greater attention to [other groups]... the League [of Revolutionary Black Workers] was in
many respects the most significant expression of black radical thought and activism in the 1960s. The League took the impetus for Black Power and translated it into a
fighting program focusing on industrial workers."�Manning Marable, Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Professor of History, Columbia
University"
"A classic! Rather than the lock-stepped, black-bereted, leather-jacketed Panther units of other films, FINALLY shows rather ordinary people becoming very angry with
the system. Ideological in the best sense: it is a film about ideas [and] presents a serious strategy for mass working class action... It speaks of a specific time
and specific experiences in terms that will remain relevant as long as working" people are not able to control their own lives." - Dan Georgakas, for Cineaste