Labor Movies

  • 1975
    The Housewife

    The Housewife

    The Housewife

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    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...

    The Housewife
  • 2017
    Night Working

    Night Working

    Night Working

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    Lin, a migrant female worker from Cambodia, and Yeon-hee, a Korean, are friends who work together at a factory at night. One day, the two will go to...

    Night Working
  • 2022
    Techno Precariousness

    Techno Precariousness

    Techno Precariousness

    02022HD

    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...

    Techno Precariousness
  • 2012
    Apple Stories

    Apple Stories

    Apple Stories

    82012HD

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

    Apple Stories
  • 2022
    Sewing Sisters

    Sewing Sisters

    Sewing Sisters

    02022HD

    In the late 1960s and early 1970s, girls aged 12 to 16 began working at Pyeonghwa Market. Running sewing machines, they also study the Labor...

    Sewing Sisters
  • 2008
    Crude Oil

    Crude Oil

    Crude Oil

    7.62008HD

    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.

    Crude Oil
  • 1974
    The Year They Discovered People

    The Year They Discovered People

    The Year They Discovered People

    01974HD

    In the 1920s, Western Electric Company ordered a series of studies to be conducted at their plant in Cicero, Illinois. At first they wanted to see...

    The Year They Discovered People
  • 2024
    Morichales

    Morichales

    Morichales

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    In Venezuelan Guayana, large gold reserves lie beneath “moriche” palms, attracting multitudes of miners to the territory. A fictional...

    Morichales
  • 2007
    En Service

    En Service

    En Service

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    If you need it fixed – if you need it organised – if you don’t know how to do it – if you’re tired of doing it everyday...

    En Service
  • 1996
    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

    The Road Taken

    91996HD

    Black sleeping-car porters who worked on Canada's railways from the early 1900s through the 1960s were proud men and well-respected by their...

    The Road Taken
  • 2022
    Homebound

    Homebound

    Homebound

    02022HD

    Through first person narration, Tari reveals personal stories related to her decision to work in Taiwan, her strained family relationships, the risks...

    Homebound
  • 1985
    Yama – Attack to Attack

    Yama – Attack to Attack

    Yama – Attack to Attack

    01985HD

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

    Yama – Attack to Attack
  • 2024
    Indigo Child

    Indigo Child

    Indigo Child

    02024HD

    An older Southern woman reconciles with her past and her years working with indigo.

    Indigo Child
  • 2025
    Traces

    Traces

    Traces

    02025HD

    A woman seeks quiet labor as a way out of institutional power, only to encounter the same hierarchies inside the homes she cleans. Instead of open...

    Traces
  • 2014
    The Hand That Feeds

    The Hand That Feeds

    The Hand That Feeds

    4.72014HD

    Behind the scenes of a popular deli on New York's Upper East Side, undocumented immigrant workers face sublegal wages, dangerous machinery, and...

    The Hand That Feeds
  • 2002
    An Injury to One

    An Injury to One

    An Injury to One

    72002HD

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

    An Injury to One
  • 2022
    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    02022HD

    In Footsteps, Fiona Tan creates connections between personal stories and the world around us. The footage shows children at play and Dutch windmills,...

    Footsteps
  • 1955
    The United Kibbutz Newsreel #2

    The United Kibbutz Newsreel #2

    The United Kibbutz Newsreel #2

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    The inauguration ceremony of the monument to the victims of the Harel Brigade of the Palmach during the War of Independence in the cemetery in Kiryat...

    The United Kibbutz Newsreel #2
  • 2016
    After Breaking the Silence

    After Breaking the Silence

    After Breaking the Silence

    02016HD

    4, April, 2014. Worker's who worked in "SaengTak" are get to the struggle to require adjust of working environment for safely food, and guarantied a...

    After Breaking the Silence
  • 1952
    Your Social Security

    Your Social Security

    Your Social Security

    01952HD

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

    Your Social Security