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THE CLEANERS

29 Jan

Original title: Im Schatten der Netzwelt
2018; 1h 28m

A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed. The documentary details the work experience of content moderators who have to decide which content needs to be removed by employing a moderation system for social media websites.[1]

The film won seven awards and was nominated for nine more. The Cleaners shines a light on a corner of the internet that is meant to be hidden from the average user. The film contrasts the poverty of those who work in content moderation and those in the technology profiting off of their labor.[2] Run Time: 88 minutes[2]

Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
Writers: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Stars: Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Nicole Wong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cleaners_(2018_film)

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2026 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Big Business/Corporations, Communications, Documentary

 

MAINTENANCE ARTIST

29 Jan

2025; 1h 30m

NYC’s first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career.

Director: Toby Perl Freilich
Writers: Anne Alvergue; Toby Perl Freilich
Stars: Mierle Ukeles

https://www.maintenanceartist.com/about

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2026 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Biography, Documentary, Transportation

 

ORWELL 2 +2=5

29 Jan

2025; R; 1h 59m

An investigation into the life, work, and enduring influence of the writer George Orwell, connecting his ideas to the contemporary world.

Director: Raoul Peck
Writer: Raoul Peck
Stars: Damian Lewis, George Orwell, U Win Khine

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2026 in Documentary, Working Class, Global Economy, Consumerism, Technology, Automation, A: New/Just Added, 2026 Shortlist

 

Baristas vs. Billionaires (2025)

29 Jan

Contact: nicholas.wolaver@gmail.com
Starbucks baristas in Buffalo unite against corporate exploitation during the pandemic, sparking a generational uprising among working-class Millennials and Gen Z as they challenge a powerful billionaire CEO and fight for their rights.

World Premiere at the Buffalo International Film Festival, October 10th, 2025.

A film by Mark Mori.
See more on our website: https://www.baristasvsbillionaires.com
X: https://x.com/BaristasVsBill
Instagram: / baristasvsbillionaires
Facebook: / the-baristas-vs-the-billionaire-6155471785…
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29103859…

 
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Posted by on January 29, 2026 in Documentary, Big Business/Corporations, A: New/Just Added

 

Tales From The Long Memory (2020)

04 Jan

54 minutes


Folk singing rabble-rouser U. Utah Phillips crisscrossed the country on freight trains searching for teachers. He experienced ultimate freedom, no home ahead and none behind but also the works of mercy. He discovered the dynamic struggle of people to organize themselves and demand a quality of life for themselves and those around them that provides bread, yes, but roses too.

Tales From the Long Memory follows the people who look to Utah as their teacher now while they continue the work that inspired him throughout his life. In Detroit, the Wobbly Kitchen shows how the simple act of feeding someone can spark a community of solidarity in a city struggling to rebuild its glory. In Madison, the sweet sounds of labor songs echo through the capital building every day at noon. In Portland, the Sisters of the Road Café serve up dignity and nourishment at a price you can afford. And in a quaint northern California gold rush town, a dedicated group of community members grow an idea into a house of hospitality called Utah’s Place.

Watch on Eventive at WUFF

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Arts/Culture, Documentary, Labor History, Musical

 

Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice (1989)

04 Jan

54min

Documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Though virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during much of her lifetime (1863-1931) and was considered the equal of her well-known African American contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.

IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells’ memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.

“Tells of the brave life and works of the 19th century journalist, known among Black reporters as ‘the princess of the press,’ who led the nation’s first anti-lynching campaign.” – New York Times

“A powerful account of the life of one of the earliest heroes in the Civil Rights Movement…The historical record of her achievements remains relatively modest. This documentary goes a long way towards rectifying that egregious oversight.” – Chicago Sun-Times

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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Arts/Culture, Communications, Documentary, Labor History, Women

 

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Haymarket: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle (2021)

04 Jan

1h 25m

The Chicago Haymarket tragedy, where a bomb thrown into the ranks of Police was followed by an eruption of panic and violence resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent workers’ rights activists, is examined in this feature documentary film. Expert historians and professors present the history of the bomb, the anarchist movement of the 19th century, and the labor struggle of working people fighting for a shorter work day during the industrial might of America’s Gilded Age.

Adrian Prawica @ FILMADRIA

Director | Executive Producer | www.filmadria.com

773-724-0867 | 847-894-3849 – Direct

filmadria@gmail.com | IMDB Profile

HAYMARKET: The Bomb, The Anarchists, The Labor Struggle – Labor Goes To The Movies talks with director Adrian Prawica

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Documentary, Labor History, Organizing, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Working Class

 

About Some Meaningless Events (1974)

04 Jan

Not Rated; 1h 16m

In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations of Moroccan cinema in the streets and bars of Casablanca.

A Suppressed Masterwork of Moroccan Political Cinema

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Arts/Culture, Documentary, Entertainment Industry, Working Class

 

Nevertheless (2020)

04 Jan

Documentary exploring women’s rights, sexual harassment, and the #metoo movement, one of the largest movements for gender equality in human history.

Website

Cornelia Weiss
koislmeier@yahoo.com

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Discrimination: Racism, Sexism, etc, Documentary, Women

 

We made Matzah Balls for the Revolution (2023)

04 Jan

1h 20m

The story of a group of young people who created history’s only collectively run, worker’s self managed, anti-profit, kosher restaurant and who, even after the restaurant closed, continued to live according to their early idealism. Many of their adult children are dedicated their lives to similar idealistic goals.
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Posted by on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Cities-Urban, Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Farm & Food, Self-Employed/Freelance

 
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