Migrant Worker Movies

  • 2003
    El Contrato

    El Contrato

    El Contrato

    02003HD

    This documentary from Min Sook Lee follows a poverty-stricken father from Central Mexico, along with several of his countrymen, as they make their...

    El Contrato
  • 2020
    In Safe Hands

    In Safe Hands

    In Safe Hands

    02020HD

    ‘In Safe Hands’ follows the journey of two Ministry of Manpower (MOM) officers who worked closely together with other agencies and NGOs,...

    In Safe Hands
  • 2016
    Brothers of the Night

    Brothers of the Night

    Brothers of the Night

    5.0532016HD

    Soft boys by day, kings by night. The film follows a group of young Bulgarian Roma who come to Vienna looking for freedom and a quick buck. They sell...

    Brothers of the Night
  • 2024
    Nurse Unseen

    Nurse Unseen

    Nurse Unseen

    02024HD

    Explores the little-known history and humanity of the unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the front lines of a pandemic, thousands of miles...

    Nurse Unseen
  • 2016
    Migrant Dreams

    Migrant Dreams

    Migrant Dreams

    02016HD

    When Umi and Dwipa left Indonesia to work in an Ontario greenhouse as part of Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program, they hoped the jobs would...

    Migrant Dreams
  • 2000
    The Charcoal People

    The Charcoal People

    The Charcoal People

    7.72000HD

    This deeply human documentary examines the subject of environmental destruction, highlighting the impoverished migrant workers who are chopping down...

    The Charcoal People
  • 2003
    La Vie sans Brahim

    La Vie sans Brahim

    La Vie sans Brahim

    102003HD

    La Vie sans Brahim
  • 2017
    Terrain Vague

    Terrain Vague

    Terrain Vague

    62017HD

    A worker in a big city who feels uncomfortable around women meets a sex worker, and in an attempt to overcome his hesitations, he discovers his...

    Terrain Vague
  • 2024
    WALKA!

    WALKA!

    WALKA!

    82024HD

    France: 2020s. Piotr, a young Polish immigrant stuck in a string of odd jobs, crosses paths with Stefano, a burly mover. Little did Piotr know, this...

    WALKA!
  • 2016
    Freedom Runners

    Freedom Runners

    Freedom Runners

    02016HD

    Rotem Genossar, a teacher at the Bialik-Rogozin campus in south Tel Aviv, founds a running group for his students, young African refugees whose...

    Freedom Runners
  • 1971
    Die industrielle Reservearmee

    Die industrielle Reservearmee

    Die industrielle Reservearmee

    01971HD

    Interviews and images from the work and leisure time of guest workers in the Federal Republic are combined into a militant appeal for solidarity.

    Die industrielle Reservearmee
  • 1979
    Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania

    Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania

    Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania

    01979HD

    A train is heading for Germany - a train carrying migrant workers. Trains like this have come countless times since the late 1950s, from Italy,...

    Alamanya, Alamanya - Germania, Germania
  • 2024
    Personale

    Personale

    Personale

    02024HD

    Folding towels, straightening out sheets, taking bathrobes out of the dryer, stripping beds, cleaning up vomit. Fluffing pillows—making a dent...

    Personale
  • 2017
    Borders

    Borders

    Borders

    02017HD

    A story which follows the borders that have silently grown between a man and a woman. Interior, emotional borders. The ones which separate us before...

    Borders
  • 2018
    YAYA

    YAYA

    YAYA

    72018HD

    YAYA is a story about a filmmaker who explores the complex relationship between his family and the domestic worker who spent decades away from her...

    YAYA
  • 2016
    Farewell Ferris Wheel

    Farewell Ferris Wheel

    Farewell Ferris Wheel

    7.32016HD

    Farewell Ferris Wheel explores how the U.S. Carnival industry fights to keep itself alive by legally employing Mexican migrant workers with the...

    Farewell Ferris Wheel
  • 2018
    The Man Who Died Once

    The Man Who Died Once

    The Man Who Died Once

    02018HD

    Tragic circumstances bring together the wife and the mother of two migrant workers - one from the east, the other from west Nepal.

    The Man Who Died Once
  • 2017
    The Workers Cup

    The Workers Cup

    The Workers Cup

    42017HD

    Inside Qatar’s labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of...

    The Workers Cup
  • 2024
    Beyond Ratings

    Beyond Ratings

    Beyond Ratings

    02024HD

    Three women share their experience of navigating the app-world in the metro city. The sharings reveal gendered battles as platform workers and the...

    Beyond Ratings
  • 2013
    Sex: My British Job

    Sex: My British Job

    Sex: My British Job

    5.22013HD

    Nick Broomfield met Hsiao Hung Pai, a journalist who was working for the Guardian, when making his feature film 'Ghosts' (about the Morecambe Bay...

    Sex: My British Job