Docs & the World
Barcelona blog devoted to social and environmental documentaries. “We have just started a series of posts about films that deal with the question of work in capitalism. We think these films can help to...
View ArticleThe Price of Free (Kailash)
Kailash (original title) 1h 32min | Documentary | 2 November 2018 (USA) The story of how Kailash Satyarthi launched a built a global movement to rescue children from slavery. WEBSITE Entire film...
View Article50 Days
2019; 16m Short documentary that tells the story of the Chicago Hotel Workers strike, from the strike vote to the settlement with the last major hotel chain Eve Saxon eve@answersmediainc.com 312...
View ArticleNight Shift
1982 Comedy/Sex comedy ‧ 1h 46m Chuck (Henry Winkler) has given up life as a stockbroker because it was too stressful. Now, he works an easy gig as a night shift attendant at a New York City morgue....
View ArticleWorking Title Film Festival
Latest: October 1-5, 2019 Location: Vicenza, Italy Founded: 2016 Website Synopsis: Film festival about work, with a view to present independent audiovisual production about the world of work, and the...
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Highly Recommended Labor Films INDEX
This list of classic labor films is drawn from recommendations by experienced labor film festival organizers; if you have suggestions for additions, please submit them in the comments section below or...
View ArticleShoplifters
2018 ‧ Drama/Crime ‧ 2h 1mInitial release: June 8, 2018 (Japan)Director: Hirokazu KoreedaJapanese: 万引き家族Awards: Palme d’Or, Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, MORENominations: Cannes Jury...
View ArticleGlory Days: Boston Colonial Packinghouse Workers Recall the Strike of 1954 – 55
A tribute to Boston’s Colonial Packinghouse Workers of Local 11, who, in 1954, survived the city’s longest strike and made interracial cooperation a hallmark of their struggle. Released in 1988;...
View ArticleThe Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
2019 56:49:00Eugene Victor Debs was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and candidate of the Socialist...
View ArticleGone Postal
Jay Galione, son of a postal worker, investigates the dark corners of the U.S. Postal Service. Across the country, brave employees stand up to injustice on the job and fight to Save the People’s Post...
View Article9to5, The Story of a Movement
2019 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 29m9to5: The Story of a Movement is an 2020 American documentary film directed and produced by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar. The film revolves around 9to5, an organization...
View ArticleWorking Woman
Release date: March 27, 2019 (USA)Director: Michal AviadLanguage: HebrewAwards: Ophir Award for Best ActressNominations: Ophir Award for Best Film, MORE Orna, (Liron Ben Shlush) is the mother of three...
View ArticleKaza Değil Cinayet (Murder Not Accident)
2019 TurkeyApparently no English subtitles Murder Not Accident documents the collective struggle against ‘work-related serial murders’ in Turkey. In 2018, at least 1,872 people died due to preventable...
View ArticleNight on Earth
R 1991 ‧ Drama/Comedy ‧ 2h 9mDir: Jim JarmuschCab drivers, in the US and elsewhere. Release date: May 2, 1992 (New York)Director: Jim JarmuschMusic composed by: Tom WaitsScreenplay: Jim...
View ArticleThe Great Strike 1917
Genres: DocumentaryDuration: 1 hour 9 minutesAvailability: WorldwideTo this day, the Great Strike of 1917 is still Australia’s largest industrial upheaval. The story of the Strike has long been...
View ArticleCURRENT LABOR FILM FESTIVALS
As of April 6, 2021. 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...
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#Blair 100 Labor Film Festival
Labor Film Festival planned for #Blair100A one-day film festival will be held at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center at Marshall University in Huntington, WV on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021,...
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Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF)
(April 7, 2021)The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF) is looking for submissions from filmmakers around the world. For over a decade CLIFF has organized not only a multi-day festival...
View ArticleThe Fisherman
by Lucia Lorè, Italy, 2020, 15 min A small seaside town in the south of Puglia. The choice of a little girl. A struggle for self-determination, to break those cages imposed by society and be able to...
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