Labor Strike Movies
- 2020
Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade02020HD
In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...
- 1971
Smoke
Smoke31971HD
A group of Americans who live together in an old mansion somewhere in Sweden spend their time between working at the local airplane plant and hanging...
- 2014
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement102014HD
The Delano Manongs tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm...
- 2014
Miners Shot Down
Miners Shot Down92014HD
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...
- 1933
Torn Boots
Torn Boots11933HD
Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic...
- 1915
The Man with the Iron Heart
The Man with the Iron Heart01915HD
I.M. Mann, millionaire president of a large corporation, is known as "the man with the iron heart." James Boyd, cashier for Mann's corporation, is...
- 2024
We Are Not Our Parents
We Are Not Our Parents102024HD
Reserved by Citroën for immigrant workers, the Aulnay-sous-Bois factory experienced its first strike in 1982. Thirty years later, it's the turn...
- 2011
Dream Factory
Dream Factory02011HD
It's been more than 1,000 days since the workers of Cort/Cortek Guitar begun a struggle after the company abruptly closed down. Meanwhile, musicians...
- 1984
Sister Stella L.
Sister Stella L.5.81984HD
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same...
- 1991
"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s
"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s61991HD
For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...
- 2021
In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves02021HD
An explosion in one of the largest chemical plants in Europe, the Petrochemical complex in Tarragona, triggers the labour struggle of a group of...
- 2021
Conversations Between Shifts
Conversations Between Shifts02021HD
A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...
- 1962
Tobacco
Tobacco4.61962HD
Boris Morev dreams of money and power, he’ll do everything to reach the top, including leaving his beloved Irina, to marry the daughter of the...
- 2008
Contract
Contract02008HD
Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.
- 2017
Vigo 1972
Vigo 197202017HD
‘VIGO 1972’ narrates the events which took place in Vigo in September 1972, when the firing of five Citröen auto workers resulted in...
- 2021
Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain
Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain02021HD
On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...
- 1986
All Out! Dancing in Dulais
All Out! Dancing in Dulais11986HD
Dancing in Dulias was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Against Pit Closures during and immediate after the...
- 1978
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade61978HD
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors...
- 1978
O Porto de Santos
O Porto de Santos5.51978HD
A portrait of Santos Port, its geography, workers and the life that surrounds it, including the poor, prostitutes and the night life inhabitants.
- 1972
Blow for Blow
Blow for Blow6.91972HD
The film describes a strike in a French textile factory, when the striking workers occupy the factory.