Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights

Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights follows the story of workers at the Smithfield Pork Processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, who fought for safe, fair working conditions – and won. It goes beyond hype about

Workers!

Perhaps now overshadowed by the figures of the excluded or the immigrant, workers have been portrayed in cinema mostly in the context of conflicts or as castaways of progress and globalization. But beyond these demands,

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

A salaryman comedy.

Workers

The Seongdong area of Seoul has been home to many small and medium-sized manufacturers. The once iconic red brick factories have given way to redevelopment, making way for galleries, cafes, and upscale restaurants. As a

Workers

Lidia is a responsible and dedicated maid for a hugely wealthy, elderly Tijuana matron who loves only her pet whippet. Rafael is a quiet and dignified janitor who buys a new pair of shoes to celebrate his imminent retire

Workers Before Adults

The Workers Cup

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

The Gama Strike - A Victory For All Workers

A documentary on the events of the Gama strike. A contractor operating in Ireland was paying its Turkish employees exploitative wages far below trade union rates. This is the story of how these workers fought back.

What Is a Workers' Council?

Short by Makavejev.

March of the Sugar Cane Workers

Marcha de los Cañeros, by Marcos Banchero, made in 1968 as part of the Cinemateca del Tercer Mundo. During the second half of the 1960s, the Unión de Trabajadores Azucareros de Artigas (UTAA) carried out a series of mar

Guests and Workers

A comedy mocking the self-management system - the workers become owners of a luxury hotel on the Adriatic coast.

The Tunnel Workers

Two tunnel workers are fighting over the wife of one, who's also involved with the other. Suddenly an explosion occurs. Instead of fighting, they help each other escape.

Spirit Workers Union

A short film by the co-writer of The Forbidden Room, Spirit Workers Union features a cast made up of numerous Winnipeg rail workers playing a group of ghosts who decide to form a union.

Ghost Workers

In a film set in which their home offices have been recreated, six European microworkers share experiences with the filmmaker and with each other, offering an affecting critique on changing labour conditions. Ghost Work

Conversations with Chilean workers

In this film, residents, workers in the metallurgical industry, peasants and Mapuches, talk about their expectations and their criticisms of the revolutionary process, reflecting in their comments and opinions the tensio

Arise Ye Workers

A campaign film supporting the dockers’ fight against redundancy, lay-offs and wage cuts caused by containerisation. The film charts the struggle against ruthless rationalisation, profiteering and land speculation, polic

We, the workers of the Sogantal factory

Documenting the workers' occupation of the Sogantal factory during Portugal's revolutionary period.

Woe to the Vanquished – The Workers’ Uprising, 17 June 1953

“17 June 1990, East Berlin. The GDR will exist for another three months. No more time to commemorate all those who stood up in ’53, showed civil courage and were vanquished. This film is dedicated to them.” This is what

The Workers of Keihin 1953

The Yokohama and Kawasaki factory district, industrial heart of Japan. In 1953, a Kanagawa Prefecture May Day (International Workers’ Day) took place here, spreading links of solidarity among workers. Workers criticiz

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, [III]

Workers are leaving the Lumière factory.