Labor Strike Movies

  • 2024
    We Are Not Our Parents

    We Are Not Our Parents

    We Are Not Our Parents

    102024HD

    Reserved by Citroën for immigrant workers, the Aulnay-sous-Bois factory experienced its first strike in 1982. Thirty years later, it's the turn...

    We Are Not Our Parents
  • 1971
    Smoke

    Smoke

    Smoke

    31971HD

    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...

    Smoke
  • 1962
    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    4.61962HD

    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...

    Tobacco
  • 1986
    All Out! Dancing in Dulais

    All Out! Dancing in Dulais

    All Out! Dancing in Dulais

    11986HD

    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...

    All Out! Dancing in Dulais
  • 1956
    In the Net

    In the Net

    In the Net

    01956HD

    A small coastal town, where almost everybody are into fishing. Niko and Mato are friends, both in loved with the same girl Visnja, in charge of the...

    In the Net
  • 1990
    American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream

    7.1671990HD

    When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local...

    American Dream
  • 2017
    Vigo 1972

    Vigo 1972

    Vigo 1972

    02017HD

    ‘VIGO 1972’ narrates the events which took place in Vigo in September 1972, when the firing of five Citröen auto workers resulted in...

    Vigo 1972
  • 2024
    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    02024HD

    The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back
  • 1933
    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    11933HD

    Working with children led Barskaya to create superb direct sound and an inspired style of shooting. Don’t look for conventional cinematic...

    Torn Boots
  • 1992
    The Deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation

    The Deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation

    The Deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation

    01992HD

    Chronicles the industrial action leading up to the deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation.

    The Deregistration of the Builders Labourers Federation
  • 1984
    Sister Stella L.

    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...

    Sister Stella L.
  • 1996
    Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

    7.21996HD

    Antoine a Union representative works in a financially troubled factory. He's not the sharpest tool in the box but he has a big heart and when he and...

    Golden Boy
  • 2015
    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    72015HD

    A struggling Liberian rubber plantation worker risks everything to discover a new life as a Yellow Cab driver in New York City.

    Out of My Hand
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons

    02011HD

    This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

    These were the reasons
  • 1991

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    61991HD

    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...

  • 1972
    Blow for Blow

    Blow for Blow

    Blow for Blow

    6.91972HD

    The film describes a strike in a French textile factory, when the striking workers occupy the factory.

    Blow for Blow
  • 1978
    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    5.51978HD

    A portrait of Santos Port, its geography, workers and the life that surrounds it, including the poor, prostitutes and the night life inhabitants.

    O Porto de Santos
  • 2020
    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    02020HD

    In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
  • 2014
    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    Miners Shot Down

    92014HD

    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...

    Miners Shot Down
  • 1978
    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    61978HD

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade is a 1979 documentary film directed by Lorraine Gray about the General Motors...

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade