Search results: Labor

99% Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film An engrossing behind the scenes look into the history of the Occupy Wall Street Movement: its key participants, struggles and impact on our present life and future.
Exile To The Wild West

Exile To The Wild West Exile to the Far West is a story of solitude and hope set in a frozen land.
Apples and Oranges

Apples and Oranges The wild story of the Kibbutz Volunteer Movement in the State of Israel: an euphoric ideological romance which ended in a bitter divorce.
Kinderland

Kinderland The tale of a century-old rivalry between two progressive Jewish summer camps and their attempt at a newfound alliance, inspiring unity within today’s divided world.
On the Line

On the Line Every year, over 100,000 Mexicans living in the USA are deported. Many have grown up in America. Some can’t even speak Spanish. In a matter of days they are torn away from their loved ones and escorted across the border. Unable to return home or appeal their deportation.
The Big Scary “S” Word

The Big Scary “S” Word THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD delves into the rich history of the American socialist movement and journeys with the people striving to build a socialist future today
Our Defeats

Our Defeats Nowadays in France, a group of teenagers reenact iconic films from the 1968’s era. While barely able to define neither political commitment nor the idea of revolution at first, they gradually realize that the perspectives from the past still echo in our present politics
Into Our Hands

Into Our Hands When their lingerie factory goes bankrupt, the employees—mostly women—attempt to take it over by forming a cooperative. Their little enterprise becomes a theater where, in an impish tone, fundamental economic and social issues are played out amidst the bras and panties
The Boy Factory

The Boy Factory The Boy Factory follows several classes of teens at technical colleges in remote regions of France as they train to become foundry workers and mechanics in the hopes of securing a better future for themselves and their families
Thanks Boss!

Thanks Boss! Since their factory that had made suits for Kenzo (LVMH) was relocated abroad, the Klurs family is unemployed and in debt. That’s when François Ruffin knocks on their door, to pull one over on Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH and France’s richest man
Coal Money

Coal Money On the coal road linking the Shanxi mines with the large port of Tianjin, in northern China, the drivers of 100-ton trucks shuttle endlessly to and fro, day and night. On the roadside: prostitutes, cops, petty racketeers, garage owners, mechanics
Backwards

Backwards The refugee crisis encapsulated in a single night: a crowd of people wait in front of the immigration office for the tiny chance that they'll be granted a refugee status
One More Dead Fish

One More Dead Fish Six Canadian fishermen, who practice sustainable handline fishing, go from 'rednecks' to radicals when they seize a government building to fight corporate globalization and environmental destruction
The Rescue List

The Rescue List In a hidden safehouse in Ghana, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help
Varvilla

Varvilla An illustration of a small mountain cooperative community at 1000 meters elevation
China Reverse

China Reverse The economy of diaspora. China Reverse is the story of the Chinese community in Vienna and their relationship with their homelands
Kick Out Your Boss

Kick Out Your Boss A look at alternatives to Late Stage Capitalism
Eating Animals

Eating Animals Based on the book by Jonathan Safran Foer that aims to alter the frame of public discussion about industrial agriculture and the future of meat
DOLORES

DOLORES Dolores Huerta fought tirelessly alongside Chavez for racial and labor justice and became one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century. The fight continues...
Burning Out

Burning Out Doctors in a Parisian hospital are fighting a life-and-death battle. Everything’s got to be cheaper, quicker and more efficient. A glimpse of imminent burnout in the healthcare system.
Half the Sky

Half the Sky Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Sold

Sold Based on the global bestseller by Patricia McCormick, SOLD is the story of Lakshmi who journeys from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.
Last Harvest

Last Harvest After years of preparation, the Xus leave their home in the darkness one morning, taken by bus to a townhouse complex hundreds of kilometers away. But will their new life be a better life?
Food Chains

Food Chains Food Chains exposes the abuse of farmworkers within the United States and the complicity of the multibillion dollar supermarket and fast food industries.
We’re Not Broke

We’re Not Broke When will corporations be made to pay their fair share?
Long Distance Love

Long Distance Love What are the personal consequences of migrant work? 3500km stand between Alisher and his wife: can their love bridge the gap?
Iron Crows

Iron Crows Chittagong is a small port city of southern Bangladesh. Everyday some 20,000 people there risk their lives for an average wage of $2 a day.
Char… the No Man’s Island

Char… the No Man’s Island Rubel is a fourteen year old boy smuggling rice from India to Bangladesh, crossing the river Ganga which acts as an international border between the two countries.
A River Changes Course

A River Changes Course Three young Cambodians struggle to overcome the crushing effects of deforestation, overfishing, and overwhelming debt in this devastating and beautiful story of an ancient culture ravaged by globalization.
All that Glitters

All that Glitters Examining the unfamiliarity of capitalism and democracy when introduced to a former Soviet country, where people who were never given autonomy are suddenly expected to make their own financial and political decisions.
The Tale of Nicolai and the Law of Return With humor, irony and the unconventional fusion of different genre styles, the film tells the story of a Romanian worker who realizes his Jewish roots can change his life.