Resigned to his fate as a worker in a notoriously villainous chemical plant, Jay realizes that he must not only find a way to support his family, but also overcome grave social and legal injustice in the system. A bollywood film about union fights.
Bollywood feature | 106 min | Director: Sanjay Patel | 2017 | Language: Hindi | Subtitles: English
Since 2008, unusual things have been happening in northern Italy. Companies, the political class and the media are using the onset of the economic crisis to further undermine workers’ rights. They have succeeded in this up until now. On the other side, a lively and strong resistance has been forming at the bottom end of the wage scale. Of all people, it is the non-permanent and largely migrant workers in the logistics sector who have, through solidarity and effective organising, been successful in overcoming their isolation and degrading working conditions. A struggle that hasn’t just changed their working conditions but has changed their whole lives. The film is screened in collaboration with labournet.tv.
Documentary | 87 min | Director: Rosa Cannone, Johanna Schellhagen | 2015 | Language: Italian | Subtitles: English
Their schools are overcrowded, underfunded, and in a few years, they may not exist. The new superintendent of the Los Angeles School District is unveiling his plan to privatise Public Schools. Then 98% of L.A. teachers voted to go on strike. Witness, five months of behind the scenes organizing by teachers, students, and parents as they come together to fight for public education in L.A. When ‘We Fight ‘goes behind the picket lines to show, in the banner year of teacher strikes, how strikes are organised, and why they matter. The Nordic Labour Film Festival gives the opportunity to show a ‘work in progress’ of this documentary. The planned release of the film is in 2021, so keep an eye out. Please email 2020@nlff.se for the password to see the film.
Documentary | 50 min | Director/Producer: Yael Bridge & Yoni Golijov | Languages: English | Subtitles: none
Blacklisting in the UK construction industry impacted thousands of workers who were labelled ‘troublemakers’ for speaking out. They were secretively denied employment. Activists uncovered alarming links between workplace blacklisting and undercover policing. The film follows meetings between activists and law students, brought together for the film, revealing the determination of a community, working together, to find a route to justice. The film will be followed by a talk. Documentary | 76 min | Director: Lucy Parker | 2019 | Language: engelska | Subtitles: English, Closed Captioning in English
Unemployed Arash wants to land a job but it’s tougher than he thinks. When he gets thrown into an odd project with only a red hoodie to keep himself warm, he starts to question what he has got himself into. Feature | 14 min | Director: Willy Fermelin | Country: Sweden | Language: English | Subtitles: English
A dark comedy about a burned-out telemarketer. During a call with a customer, he must succeed in selling to save the life of his niece.
Feature | 12 min | Director: Sara Dutta | Country: Sweden | Language: Swedish | Subtitles: English
A Mother’s Body is an intimate portrayal of two female hotel cleaners from a daughter’s perspective. While the women perform their daily work, the daughter reflects on how their profession affects their bodies and relationship to time. Meanwhile, the women navigate and negotiate the demands of the strenuous labour with experience, preciseness, and beauty.
Documentary | 8 min | Director: Jonelle Twum | Country: Sweden | Language: Swedish | Subtitles: English
A powerful and triumphant look at the union labor movement in New York City, with a focus on construction workers and the Count Me In movement.
Documentary | 22 min | Director: Jacinta Filiaci, Spencer Santini & Jordan Valdes | Country: USA | Language: English, Spanish | Subtitles: English
Francis and nine other west Africans travel to Sweden to work as tree planters. They hope to be able to earn money for their families. Upon finally arriving they get stuck, but Francis refuses to accept the situation.
Feature | 31 min | Director: Ahmed Abdullahi | Country: Sweden | Language: English | Subtitles: Swedish
An intimate and personal reflection on working conditions in the 21st century, seen through the eyes of a bike courier. From nostalgia to frustration accompanied by Swedish punk, this film deepens our understanding of the plight of all workers in the so-called gig economy.
Documentary | 12 min | Director: Daniel Aguirre | Country: Sweden | Language: Spanish | Subtitles: English
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