Labor Strike Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Lady Caliph

    Lady Caliph

    Lady Caliph

    5.51970HD

    La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns...

    Lady Caliph
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1937
    Karakoram

    Karakoram

    Karakoram

    9.51937HD

    Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

    Karakoram
  • 2000
    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    7.12000HD

    A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket...

    Harlan County War
  • 1914
    The Lost Paradise

    The Lost Paradise

    The Lost Paradise

    01914HD

    Unknown to Reuben Warren, the foreman of an ironworks, his invention, the volta-dynamo, was stolen years earlier by his employer, Knowlton, and is...

    The Lost Paradise
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    7.12015HD

    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
  • 1916
    Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

    6.5291916HD

    During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

    Behind the Screen
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.61985HD

    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 1937
    Big City

    Big City

    Big City

    7.71937HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob...

    Big City
  • 1916
    Two News Items

    Two News Items

    Two News Items

    01916HD

    "The body of a white woman found floating in the East River last night was later identified as that of Katie Fagan, 650 Barren Alley. No reason was...

    Two News Items
  • 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
  • 1990
    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    5.81990HD

    There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. Ju Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member...

    The Night Before the Strike