Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle is a 1982 documentary film about a group of Pullman car porters who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - claimed to be the first African American trade union.

The film is narrated by a porter's widow and former union organizer: Rosina Tucker.

[1] The film was produced by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner and won four regional Emmy Awards.

[1] It has been described as "One hundred years of history is spanned in an enlightening portrait of admirable dignity."

– New York Times and as "A moving account of the Pullman porters' remarkable (and largely untold) history."