21m; U.S.
Cast: Casey Peek and Jeremy Blasi
Synopsis: Millions of young working people know all too well: no matter how hard you work and how well you do in school, it can be difficult to stay afloat when you’re coming of age in a “McJob” economy.
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F.I.S.T. (1978)
145m; U.S.
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger and Peter Boyle
Synopsis: Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob
Fighting Goliath – Texas Coal Wars (2008)
35m; U.S.
Director: Mat Hames and George Sledge
Cast: Narration by Robert Redford
Synopsis: About a group of politicians and citizens of Texas who worked together to prevent TXU from building 19 coal-fired electricity plants in their state.
Contact: http://www.fightinggoliathfilm.com/
Factory
Director: Eveltn and Arthur Barrons
Synopsis: An excellent documentary about alienated labor in a factory making love rings.
Falling Down
113m; U.S.
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall and Barbara Hershey
Synopsis: An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Fast Food Nation (2006)
116m; U.S.
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis and Catalina Sandino Moreno
Synopsis: Fiction-film adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s bestselling book on the food system in the U.S. Health & safety risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well.
Contact: Linklater’s production company: Detour Filmproduction Phone: 512-322-0031 Linklater’s assistant: Sara Greene sara@detourfilm.com Eric Schlosser (author) c/o Houghton Mifflin Company Trade Division Adult Editorial, 8th Floor 222 Berkeley St Boston, MA 02116-3764 USA
Fast Food Women (1992)
28m; U.S.
Director: Anne Lewis Johnson
Synopsis: Close-up look at working conditions of fast-food service workers in eastern Kentucky. Affecting portraits but somewhat dated (though the issue is still current).
Contact: Anne Lewis 512-656-0507 (cell) http://www.annelewis.org
Fear and Trembling (2003)
107m; France
Director: Alain Corneau
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji and Tarô Suwa
Synopsis: A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. After college graduation, she returns with a one-year contract as an interpreter. The vice president and section leader, both men, are boors, but her immediate supervisor, Ms. Mori, is beautiful and trustworthy. Amélie’s downfall begins when she speaks perfect Japanese to clients. She compounds her failure by writing an excellent report for an enterprising colleague. The person she least expects to stab her in the back exposes her work. Thus begins her humiliations. What can become of her and of her relationship with Ms. Mori and with Japan?
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