122m; U.S.
Director: King Vidor
Synopsis: Immigrant iron worker winds up owning his own company.
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America’s Ruling Class (2005)
100m; U.S.
Director: John Kirby
Synopsis: Harper’s Magazine editor Lewis Lapham investigates whether America has a ruling class or not
American Standoff (2002)
95m; U.S.
Director: Mira Nair and Kristi Jacobson
Synopsis: The Teamster’s Union goes on strike against Overnite Transportation, a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization. The union, however, faces its own internecine battles as factions inside the organization, one led by James P. Hoffa vie for power. Produced by Barbara Kopple.
Americans at Work (1959)
15m; U.S.
Synopsis: A series of AFL-CIO promotional pieces on union workers behind the scenes in various industries (Issue 28: Communication; Issue 36: Telephone Linemen; Issue 40: ICBM; Issue 42: Seebees; Issue 43: Aircraft; Issue 45: Shipbuilder; Issue 46: Structural Iron; Issue 50: Television Workers).
And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995)
U.S.
Director: Severo Pérez
Synopsis (IMDB): Marcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing is awful, sometimes the boss furnishes no water as the hands labor, and TB goes untreated. In good times the pay is $15 a day for adults, half that for children. For a few sordid weeks, his parents leave him in the care of a corrupt couple, he’s expelled from school for hitting back, and he finds solace in a graveyard. As his parents long for their missing son, as folks gather around a local troubadour for songs of romance, comedy, and heartbreak, Marcos observes and remembers.
Angel City (1980)
Director: Philip Leacock
Cast: Ralph Waite, Paul Winfield, Jennifer Warren, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Ralph Waite stars as the head of a rural mountain family that journeys to south Florida as migrant workers only to find themselves trapped in a squalid labor camp controlled by money-hungry Mitchell Ryan and his two henchmen.
Año Nuevo (1981)
55m
Director: Todd Darling
Synopsis (WorldCat): Describes the living and working conditions of undocumented Mexican agricultural workers at the Año Nuevo flower ranch in San Mateo County, California. Documents the efforts of a group of these workers, fired when they attempted to join a union, to reach a settlement with the Año Nuevo owner through the U.S. legal system. Includes interviews with prominent scholars, attorneys and organizers.
The Apartment (1960)
120m; U.S.
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Fred MacMurray
Synopsis: A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.
Argentina: Turning Around
38m; U.S. and Argentina
Director: Melissa Young
Synopsis: Argentinian workers run factories “recovered” from owners.
Armin (2007)
82m; Croatia
Director: Ognjen Svilicic
Synopsis: Ibro takes his son Armin from their small Bosnian village to Croatia to audition for a German film about the Balkan conflict.
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