American Winter (2012)
American Winter follows the personal stories of eight families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the winter months of 2011-12, American...
View ArticleSign Painters (2013)
Directors: Faythe Levine & Sam Macon Director of Photography: Travis Auclair Editor: Bill Marmor Produced by: Timm Gable & Jonah Mueller US; 75m View official trailer: http://vimeo.com/61006621...
View ArticleDreamwork China (2013)
55m written/directed by Tommaso Facchin and Ivan Franceschini website The dreams and rights of a new generation in the world’s factory. In the suburbs of Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, young workers...
View ArticleNo Job For A Woman: The Women Who Fought To Report WWII (2011)
61 minutes, Color/BW, DVD, English A film by Michèle Midori Fillion available from Women Make Movies When World War II broke out, reporter Martha Gellhorn was so determined to get to the frontlines...
View ArticleA Mother’s Story (2011)
Director: John-D Lazatin Writer: Senedy Que Stars: Pokwang, Noni Buencamino, Rayver Cruz Phillipines Make-up artist grabs a chance to work as illegal immigrant in the US and finds that the grass is not...
View ArticleCaregiver (2008)
Director: Chito S. Roño Writers: Jewel C. Castro (story), Chris Martinez (story) Stars: Sharon Cuneta, John Estrada, Rica Peralejo Phillipines Based on real-life stories of Filipino caregivers abroad....
View ArticleMilan (2004)
Director: Olivia M. Lamasan Writers: Raymond Lee (story), Raymond Lee (screenplay) Stars: Claudine Barretto, Piolo Pascual, Ilonah Jean Phillipines Trials and tribulations of Filipino workers dreaming...
View ArticleAnak (2000)
Director: Rory B. Quintos Writers: Ricardo Lee (story), Raymond Lee (story) Stars: Vilma Santos, Claudine Barretto, Joel Torre Phillipines The main character is a Filipina overseas contract worker, one...
View ArticleThe Condition of the Working Class (2013)
Facebook link This film is inspired by Engels’ 1844 book The Condition of the Working Class in England. How much has really changed since then? In 2012 a group of working class people from Manchester...
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We’re constantly adding new entries to The Labor Database; here are some of our recent additions. If you’ve got a labor film or video that’s not in the Database, please let us know by adding a comment...
View ArticleDandarin labor standards inspectors (2013 TV show)
A new TV drama series featuring labor inspectors and their work started broadcasting in Japan in 2013. This is the first time ever in Japanese TV drama history. The first episode concerns a “bad...
View ArticleFarewell to Factory Towns?
Director Maynard Seider | USA, 61 min. When a New England town creates an art museum in an old building, it fails to produce the jobs promised, and the city’s downtown remains semi-deserted. Should...
View ArticleThe Women Workers’ War
Director Massimo Ferrari | Italy, 67min. When an Italian factory fires its all-female workforce, workers take over the factory for over a year. When one of those workers, Rosa, meets Margherita – who...
View ArticleOn The Art Of War
2012, Italy directed by silvia luzi, luca bellino Synopsis Milan, Italy, August 2009. Four workers climb a 20 metres high gantry crane inside the hangar of the INNSE, the last active factory in Milan....
View ArticleComing For A Visit (On Vient Pour La Visite)
Post-Prod. | Co-Production with ASPLAN | French | 58 min | HD Director Lucie Tourette Undocumented migrants win the battle to get their papers. A historic strike filmed from within. Paris, 2009. More...
View ArticleLas Mujeres del Pasajero (The Women and the Passenger) (2013)
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