Labor Strike Movies

  • 1933
    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    Torn Boots

    5.51933HD

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

    Torn Boots
  • 1957
    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    71957HD

    Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

    On This Earth
  • 1971
    Brother John

    Brother John

    Brother John

    6.61971HD

    An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

    Brother John
  • 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
  • 1919
    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    5.81919HD

    Social drama about a friendship that is pressurized by class differences.

    The Other Half
  • 1971
    Smoke

    Smoke

    Smoke

    41971HD

    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
  • 2019
    A March to Remember

    A March to Remember

    A March to Remember

    6.22019HD

    Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain, March 3, 1976. After several months of protests demanding decent working conditions, a general strike is called....

    A March to Remember
  • 1973
    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    6.51973HD

    A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the...

    The House on Chelouche Street
  • 1979
    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    91979HD

    Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time
  • 2008
    Contract

    Contract

    Contract

    02008HD

    Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

    Contract
  • 1962
    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    Tobacco

    5.61962HD

    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
  • 1915
    The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

    01915HD

    I.M. Mann, millionaire president of a large corporation, is known as "the man with the iron heart." James Boyd, cashier for Mann's corporation, is...

    The Man with the Iron Heart
  • 2014
    The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement

    The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement

    The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement

    102014HD

    The Delano Manongs tells the story of farm labor organizer Larry Itliong and a group of Filipino farm workers who instigated one of the American farm...

    The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement
  • 2020
    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    6.82020HD

    In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spain proudly presented itself to the...

    The Year of the Discovery
  • 1984
    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    71984HD

    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.
  • 2026
    Who Moves America

    Who Moves America

    Who Moves America

    102026HD

    Across America, UPS workers come together to demand better working conditions as they go about criss-crossing the world, delivering packages and...

    Who Moves America
  • 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
  • 1978
    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    4.61978HD

    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
  • 2019
    Stand!

    Stand!

    Stand!

    102019HD

    In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour strike.

    Stand!
  • 1919
    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    6.51919HD

    A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their...

    The Mother and the Law