Labor Movies

How Finnish immigrants came into contact — and conflict — with industrial America. Three generations of Finnish-Americans recount how they coped with...

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 fie...

Chidambaram is based on a short story by noted Malayalam writer C. V. Shriraman. The film is a deeply symbolic exploration of the man-woman attraction...

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 cl...

A description of the work of a research director of a United Steel Workers Union in Canada. The painstaking research and analyses of economic informat...

Man-pulled rickshaw, which have served Kolkata for over eight decades face virtual extinction as a result of legislation introduced by the State Gover...

Documentary about the poor circumstances in the process of manufacturing iPhones - about mineworkers in Rwanda, illegal workers in Shenzhen, and repai...

A Widowed Plumber races against time to follow-up on the payment for his rendered service in order to save his critically ailing son.

Some people will do anything to secure an American visa, as hard as that might be. Some enter lotteries, others beg friends and families to invite the...

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

An explanation of social security, survivors’ insurance and other benefit systems, encouraging workers to file for their social security cards.

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

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 conver...

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

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...

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...

In this martial arts action-drama, a swordsman named Toh Hong travels home after a long battle to discover his wife and children have been brutally mu...

Filmed in the Inner Mongolian portion of the Gobi Desert, this film follows a group of oil field workers as they go about their daily routine.

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

A desperate, but not very bright, young man tries to find where he parked his car in a massive underground parking garage in Cannes, France when his p...