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Computers in Context (1987)

33m;

Director: Jim Mayer

Synopsis: Information workers.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, White Collar

 

Comrades (1987)

183m; U.K.

Director: Bill Douglas

Cast: Keith AllenDave Atkins and Stephen Bateman

Synopsis: The story of “The Tolpuddle Martyrs”. A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

 

Comuna Under Construction (2010)

94m

Director: Dario Azzellini

Synopsis: In more than 30,000 Consejos Comunales, Venezuelan inhabitants decide on their concerns collectively via assemblies. The film follows these developments in building worker control throughout the hillside of the shantytowns of Caracas and the vast and wet plains of Barinas in the countryside.

Contact: Wiener Str. 14 b 10999 Berlin Germany Tel.: 0049-30-61288162 Fax: 0049-30-61288162 Mobile: 0171/4156176 Mobile in Venezuela: 0058-412-6180009 Mobile Italia:0039-3335972988 Mail: dnapress@gmx.net

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Organizing, Working Class

 

Considering Democracy: 8 Things to Ask Your Representative (2007)

57m; U.S.

Director: Keya Lea Horiuchi

Synopsis: Explores how the rest of the world thinks of the US and how the US compares on social and political issues.

Contact: keyalea@yahoo.com 970 596-7267 (Cell)

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Politics

 

Controlling Interest: The World of the Multinational Corporation (1978)

45m

Director: Larry Edelman

Synopsis: Show how pursuit of profit leads multinational corporations to hunt out ‘investment opportunities’ in low-wage countries and in the process promote US imperialism.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Global Economy

 

Constructing Fear (2007)

40m; Australia

Director: John Loh

Synopsis: A documentary exposing the activity of an industrial inquisition targeting building workers across Australia. “Constructing Fear” shows how these workers are the front line in an attack on civil liberties that has implications for every Australian.

Contact: http://www.constructingfear.com.au/

 

Conversation at the White House (1967)

40m; U.S.

Director: Hearst Metroone News

Synopsis: Conversation between AFL-CIO head George Meany and Lyndon B. Johnson intended for use in Johnson’s 1968 Presidential election campaign, but never released.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Politics

 

Conveyor Belt of Smiles (2000)

21m; Russia

Director: IUF

Synopsis: Fast food workers.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Documentary, Service Workers

 

Convoy (1978)

100m; U.S.

Director: Sam Peckinpath

Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine

Synopsis: Truckers form a mile long “convoy” in support of a trucker’s vendetta with an abusive sheriff…Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Drama, Transportation, Working Class

 

Cooking With Stella (2009)

104m; Canada

Director: Dilip Mehta

Cast: Seema Biswas, Don McKellar and Lisa Ray

Synopsis: An unsuspecting Canadian couple in the Diplomatic Service posted in New Delhi & inherit a household headed by the wily & inspiring cook Stella.

 
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Posted by on February 21, 2012 in Comedy, Service Workers