From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks (2007)

Marvel at the all-star musical cast of Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie, many other musicians as well as an audience of one-thousand longshore workers. Bridges was an immigrant working stiff who loved Karl Marx and Jack London, and who fought government persecution for 21 years to become an American citizen. He had a profound effect on the American labor movement, at the same time counting Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles and Paul Robeson among his friends, He was revered by some, hated by others --a hero or the devil incarnate--but he faced it all with a twinkle in his eye. As Harry Bridges, Ian Ruskin takes you on a captivating journey through some of America's most exciting and turbulent years.

The movie From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks, released in 2007, features 9 songs from artists like The Almanacs, Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Ciro Hurtado. What is your favorite song from From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks?

Songs from From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

The Ballad of Harry Bridges

The Almanacs

The Ballad of Harry Bridges

Arlo Guthrie

Harry Bridges

Sarah Lee Guthrie

Tengo Hambre Blues

Ciro Hurtado

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Eric Bogle

Step by Step

Pete Seeger

Scabs Crawl In

Pete Seeger

Put the Gas Mask On

Tim Reynolds

Harry Bridges Mumbo

Congo Love