Complicit
Complicit is about migrant workers in China. Journey of Chinese factory migrant worker-turned-activist Yi Yeting, who takes his fight against the global electronic industry from his hospital bed to the...
View ArticleBackpack Full of Cash
a film that explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children.
View ArticleVERONA: The Story of the Everett Massacre
Denise Ohio Holy Toledo Pictures, Inc. ohio@holytoledo.com
View ArticleA Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)
The bulk is oral history of these 2 incredible stories, one is the pecan shellers strike of 10,000 led by iconic communist leader, Emma Tenayuca. The other is and uprising in Nacogdoches of African...
View ArticleBrothers Under the Skin (1912)
Drama, Short | 2 October 1912 (USA) Jack Adams, spokesman for workmen in a factory, pleads with the owner, Griscom, against a twenty percent cut in wages. Griscom refuses to consider the men’s side, so...
View ArticleBrothers under the skin (1989)
Based on the book: The Hilo Massacre by William Puette. Originally aired on KHET, Channel 11 (Honolulu) on Aug. 24, 1989. Credits: Senior producer, Chris Conybeare ; writer, Tremaine Tamayose ;...
View ArticleThey Don’t Wear Black Tie (1981) Eles Não Usam Black-Tie
2h | Drama | 18 April 1982 (USA) Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri’s play of the same name. Union leader’s son doesn’t want to engage in a strike, because...
View ArticleABC da Greve (The “ABC” of the Strike)
A film by Brazilian director Leon Hirszman called ABC da Greve [The “ABC” of the Strike, a pun on São Paulo’s ABC region, where the strike began], about the Brazilian metalworkers strike of 1979. Lula,...
View ArticlePETERLOO
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh portrays one of the bloodiest episodes in British history, the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, where government-backed cavalry...
View ArticleOn the Basis of Sex (2018)
Director: Mimi Leder Writer: Daniel Stiepleman Stars: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux PG-13 | 2h | Biography, Drama | 25 December 2018 (USA) The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her...
View ArticleThe Big Short (2015)
R | 2h 10min | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 23 December 2015 (USA) In 2006-7 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is....
View ArticleIdiocracy (2006)
R | 1h 24min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 25 January 2007 (Germany) Director: Mike Judge Writers: Mike Judge (story), Mike Judge (screenplay) | 1 more credit » Stars: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax...
View ArticleOur Time Has Come: The Story of the 9 to 5 Movement (2018?)
Directed by Julia Reichert Documents the rise of the movement for recognition and fair wages/benefits for women clerical and service workers.
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Labor Wars of the Northwest
2019; Directed by David Jepsen; djjepsen@comcast.net Three decades of labor strife in the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the 20th century. This one-hour documentary reveals the plight of working...
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Bilbao, Spain: LAN Festival audiovisual obrero
Latest: November 21-23, 2019 Founded: 2017 Venue: different locations in the city of Bilbao: Bilboarte, Bizkaia Aretoa and the Civic Center of San Francisco . Contact: Itxaso Díaz, info@lanfestival.org...
View ArticleCURRENT LABOR FILM FESTIVALS
As of February 23, 2019. Festivals in italics have not been confirmed as still being active. If you have info about a missing labor film festival — or updated info on one of those listed below — please...
View ArticleLife on the Line
2015 ‧ Drama/Action ‧ 1h 37m After a family tragedy, Beau Ginner rises to be foreman in a Texas lineman team, upgrading overhead power cables and preventing disasters. However, there is friction when...
View ArticleThe Great Strike 1917
Trailer 70 minutes. Documentary about events which shaped Australian society and the labor movement for a century and beyond. Synopsis Thousands had stopped work, the government recruited volunteers to...
View ArticleBitter Money
2016 ‧ Documentary ‧ 2h 43m Migrants come to the city of East China looking for a better life, but instead find few opportunities and poor living conditions that create violence and oppression....
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