96m; U.K.
Director: Ken Loach
Synopsis: The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British working class
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Rise Up! West Virginia (2008)
75m; U.S.
Director: B. J. Gudmundsson
Synopsis: Mountain Keepers who have been fighting a 20 year battle to save their land and homes from the destructive practices of coal mining and especially mountaintop removal mining.
Contact: Patchwork Films Email: bj@patchworkfilms.com Patchwork Films mailing address 106 Lamplighter Drive Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901 Phone B. J. Gudmundsson 304-645-4998 Email Doug Chadwick 304-653-4916 Email Joan C. Browning 304-645-6799 Email
The Rise of Big Business (1969)
27m; U.S.
Director: Encyclopedia Brittanica Educational Corporation
Synopsis: A portrait of the rise of industrial tycoons proposes that, after the Civil War, a combination of economic conditions and the efforts of various individuals produced the large business organizations. Shows the impact of the new economic structure on the lives of workers.
The Rise of Labor (1968)
30m; U.S.
Director: Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation
Synopsis: Traces history of the American labor movement. Discusses working conditions from the 19th century to 1960s, the effects of early strikes in changing governmental attitudes toward labor and the AFL and CIO.
The Rise of Organized Labor (1960)
18m; U.S.
Director: McGraw-Hill Book Company
Synopsis: The historic and economic determinants of unionism are examined to illustrate trends in economic problems influencing unionization.
Rising Son (1990)
92m; U.S.
Director: John David Coles
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Piper Laurie and Graham Beckel
Synopsis (IMDB): A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company which has just been taken over by a Japanese conglomerate and is unable to find any other work. Meanwhile, his son uses his father’s unemployment as an excuse to drop out of the pre-med program his father pressured him to enter.
The Rising Tide (2008)
38m; U.S.
Synopsis: Effects of the Luxury Tax on yacht workers and the fight to kill the tax.
Contact: slu@sluproductions.com 973-228-4195 (Day)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
168m; Italy
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori and Annie Girardot
Synopsis (IMDB): The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. The fifth son, Vincenzo, already lives in Milano. In the beginning, the family has a lot of problems, but everyone manages to find something to do. Simone is boxing, Rocco works in a dry cleaners, and Ciro studies. Simone meets Nadia, a prostitute, and they have a stormy affair. Then Rocco, after finishing his military service, begins a relationship with her. A bitter feud ensues between the two brothers, which will lead as far as murder.
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