Written by Rick Chafe and Danny Schur
Directed by Robert Adetuyi
Starring Marshall Williams, Laura Slade Wiggins, Gregg Henry, Lisa Bell and Haley Sales
Running time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
MPAA rating: PG

by Jenny Swadosh

A confession: I admit that, despite my pretenses of worldliness, I am such a parochial American that, upon encountering publicity for Stand!, I incorrectly assumed the events upon which the historical musical is based occurred in New York City and I had somehow failed to take note of them, despite recently completing a year-long project on the year 1919 in the United States. It was only after realizing that several of the stars are alumni of Canadian Idol and that writer Danny Schur is based in Winnipeg, did it dawn on me that perhaps this film is set in our Neighbor to the North. The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 clarified the rest. I stand humbled before you, Canada.