43m; Australia
Synopsis: Labor issues in Australia from 1953-1958.
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Final Offer (1985)
78m; Canada
Director: Robert Collison, Sturla Gunnarsson
Cast: Henry Ramer, Rod Andrew and Owen Beaver
Synopsis (IMDB): Documentary on the 1984 contract negotiations between the Canadian branch of the UAW and General Motors.
Finally Got the News (1970)
55m; U.S.
Director: Bird, Gessner, Lichtman, Louis
Synopsis: FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside and outside the auto factories of Detroit.
Fired! (2007)
71m; U.S.
Director: Chris Bradley
Synopsis: Annabelle Gurwitch’s first-person take on getting the axe.
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Five Factories – Workers Control in Venezuela (2006)
81m; Venezuela
Director: Dario Azzellini & Oliver Ressler
Synopsis: Venezuelan workers worker democracy/takeover of factories.
Flame in the Streets (1961)
93m; Australia
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: John Mills, Sylvia Syms and Brenda De Banzie
Synopsis (IMDB): A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.
Flash of Genius (2008)
119m; U.S.
Director: Marc Abraham
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham and Alan Alda
Synopsis: Corporations have time, money, and power on their side. All Bob Kearns had was the truth. Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.
The Flickering Flame (1997)
U.K.
Director: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Liverpool dockworkers’ strike.
Folk America: This Land Is Your Land (2009)
60m; U.S.
Director: Jill Nicholls
Synopsis: Part 2 of the documentary series tracing the history of American folk music. In this installment: The 1930s saw folk redefined as the voice of protest under the aegis of Woody Guthrie.
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