Sioux City, Iowa — A sequel is in the works for an Iowa film made in late 1977 after Zenith announced that they were closing their electronics manufacturing plant in Sioux City.
Local filmmaker George Lindblade shot the movie called “We Didn’t Want it to Happen This Way” in association with the local Machinist’s Union to chronicle how the 15-hundred Zenith jobs went overseas and to Mexico.
Now 42 years later, Lindblade says there’s interest in updating the story.
The rights to the original film have been obtained from the machinists union and next month a crew will come to Sioux City to begin the process of talking to surviving Zenith workers or their family members.
Lindblade has begun reaching out to some of those former Zenith workers, as he also tries to see how many are left to tell their story in a new film.
If you worked at Zenith in Sioux City or know someone who did, you may contact Lindblade at 712-255-4346.
Photo caption: George Lindblade
