Labor Movies

  • 2021
    Jobs for All!

    Jobs for All!

    Jobs for All!

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    A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful roller coaster ride that demands the viewer...

    Jobs for All!
  • 2022
    Let's Rise Up

    Let's Rise Up

    Let's Rise Up

    02022HD

    On 9 July 2021, the 422 workers at the GKN factory in Campi Bisenzio near Florence received their dismissal, by email. They immediately met in front...

    Let's Rise Up
  • 2025
    Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World

    Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World

    Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World

    02025HD

    A bare-knuckled critique of corporate America told through the powerful true story of a toxic CEO who evolves from a profits-over-people,...

    Confessions of a CEO: My Life in an Out-of-Balance World
  • 1975
    The Housewife

    The Housewife

    The Housewife

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    A study, in film animation, of a day in the life of a housewife, described without words, with a minimum of detail but with a perception all the more...

    The Housewife
  • 2007
    Made in L.A.

    Made in L.A.

    Made in L.A.

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    Made in L.A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey...

    Made in L.A.
  • 1975
    Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker

    Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker

    Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker

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    The life of a female weaver is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland through the use of expressive...

    Wanda Gosciminska – A Textile Worker
  • 2017
    Welu De Fasli

    Welu De Fasli

    Welu De Fasli

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    Fasli is a child born and raised in Kampung Kalo, Lengko Ajang, Manggarai Timur, East Nusa Tenggara. This film is about Fasli and his family; a...

    Welu De Fasli
  • 1985
    Yama – Attack to Attack

    Yama – Attack to Attack

    Yama – Attack to Attack

    01985HD

    This extraordinary documentary is an unflinching record of the workers’ struggle during Japan’s economic rebirth in the 1980s, centered...

    Yama – Attack to Attack
  • 2014
    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

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    In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police...

    Miners Shot Down
  • 2011
    The Curious Case of Curt Flood

    The Curious Case of Curt Flood

    The Curious Case of Curt Flood

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    Inside the life of former baseball star Curt Flood whose fight against MLB's 'Reserve Clause' led to reform, but destroyed his career.

    The Curious Case of Curt Flood
  • 2011
    The Harvest (La Cosecha)

    The Harvest (La Cosecha)

    The Harvest (La Cosecha)

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    The story of the children who work 12-14 hour days in the fields without the protection of child labor laws. These children are not toiling in the...

    The Harvest (La Cosecha)
  • 2015
    Cleaners

    Cleaners

    Cleaners

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    Migrating is seldom an easy solution. It is rather a journey, that begins with a journey. After more than eight years of campaigning, the immigrant...

    Cleaners
  • 1966
    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail

    01966HD

    The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The...

    Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
  • 2010
    Harvest of Loneliness

    Harvest of Loneliness

    Harvest of Loneliness

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    Shedding light on the current debate over immigration reform and the use of "guest workers" in American agriculture, this historical documentary,...

    Harvest of Loneliness
  • 1999
    Berlino

    Berlino

    Berlino

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    What do Italian guest-workers do when they get home, after a hard day's work on one of the many new building sites in Berlin? They talk, get bored,...

    Berlino
  • 2003
    The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork

    The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork

    The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork

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    A blend of drama and documentary, this film follows several people caught up in the turmoil of the modern world. The drama centres on a woman who has...

    The Hasty Man Drinks His Tea with a Fork
  • 1934
    America Today

    America Today

    America Today

    01934HD

    One of the key works in creating the American social documentary film, this 1934 newsreel compilation crams a lot of information into just 11...

    America Today
  • 2017
    Squid Jigging Fishing Boat

    Squid Jigging Fishing Boat

    Squid Jigging Fishing Boat

    02017HD

    Every December to January, almost a hundred squid fishing boats from Ch'ien-chen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to...

    Squid Jigging Fishing Boat
  • 2023
    Sweatshop Girl

    Sweatshop Girl

    Sweatshop Girl

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    Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her...

    Sweatshop Girl
  • 1970
    Indian In A Box

    Indian In A Box

    Indian In A Box

    01970HD

    An Indian immigrant awakens inside a confined metal box, with the walls slowly closing in... unless he can do the work assigned to him.

    Indian In A Box