Labor Movies

Strong and independent Eliza works as the Polish teacher in a village school and begins an affair with local delinquent Stach. They have a child out...

One of the key works in creating the American social documentary film, this 1934 newsreel compilation crams a lot of information into just 11...

Every December to January, almost a hundred squid fishing boats from Ch'ien-chen Fishing Harbor in Kaohsiung will sail from East 120 to West 60 to...

Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives captures a spirited group of women who taught themselves how to deliver babies on a 1970s hippie...

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The...

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...

An undercover cop infiltrates an illegal labor racket on a remote Texan/Mexican border farm. After falling for the farm owner's mistress, the two...

Documentary about the working poor in Hongkong.

This short documentary is a tribute to the unknown father. Emerging filmmaker Danic Champoux poses the question "How many men still have to uproot...

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

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...

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

An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

Ji-eun, a part-timer at a convenience store, will be able to receive her much-awaited severance pay tomorrow.

Dioni, like every day, is late for work. His boss already warned him that if this happened again, he would leave him on the street. Someone is going...

In a secluded village surrounded by forests and a river, an elderly beekeeper and a livestock farmer live alone, their lives shaped by tireless work...

What do Italian guest-workers do when they get home, after a hard day's work on one of the many new building sites in Berlin? They talk, get bored,...

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

In the wake of the hottest year on record, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and WeCount! are pursuing different strategies to secure heat...

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