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ALL ABOUT THE MONEY

2026; 1h 30m; Ireland; 95 min English
Director: Sinéad O’Shea
Writer: Sinéad O’Shea
Stars: Fergie ChambersFergie Chambers

“Fergie Chambers, a son of one of America’s wealthiest families, creates a communist revolutionary base in rural Massachusetts as a means of disrupting the capitalist system he grew up in, but has now come to despise. It’s the starting point of an astonishing journey. He funds people and projects, like a Marxist-Leninist collective in Massachusetts, that seek to destroy the hypercapitalist structure that he himself is a product of.”

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on February 7, 2026 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Communism/Socialism, Documentary

EL ARTE DE TABACO

01 Feb

1974, 6m
Cuban cigar making accompanied by the danzón Liceo del Pilar.

Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Writer: Mario García Joya

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on February 1, 2026 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Farm & Food, Streaming Online (Youtube, Vimeo)

DEATH OF A BUREAUCRAT

01 Feb

Original title: La muerte de un burócrata
1966; Unrated; 1h 25m

A young man attempts to fight the system in an entertaining account of bureaucracy amok and the tyranny of red tape.

Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Writers: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Alfredo L. Del Cueto, Ramón F. Suárez
Stars: Salvador Wood, Silvia Planas, Manuel Estanillo

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on February 1, 2026 in 2026 Shortlist, A: New/Just Added, Cities-Urban, Class, Comedy, Communism/Socialism, Horror, Public Sector, White Collar

Miss Marx (2020)

04 Jan

1h 47m
Bright and passionate, Eleanor links feminism and socialism. Partaking in workers’ battles, she fights for women’s rights and against child labor. Meeting Edward Aveling in 1883, her life is overtaken by a tragic love affair
Director

“L’Internationale” by Downtown Boys, from the film MISS MARX

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Collective Bargaining, Communism/Socialism, Drama, Labor History, Strikes-Strikebreaking-Lockouts, Women

We made Matzah Balls for the Revolution (2023)

04 Jan

1h 20m

The story of a group of young people who created history’s only collectively run, worker’s self managed, anti-profit, kosher restaurant and who, even after the restaurant closed, continued to live according to their early idealism. Many of their adult children are dedicated their lives to similar idealistic goals.
Director

Kellie Welborn

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Cities-Urban, Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Farm & Food, Self-Employed/Freelance

Unrest (2022) Original title: Unrueh

04 Jan

1h 33m

In late 19th century Switzerland, a factory worker becomes involved with a local group of anarchist watchmakers.

‘Unrest’ Review: The Times Are Not A-Changin’

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Posted by Labor Heritage Foundation on January 4, 2025 in A: New/Just Added, Automation, Communism/Socialism, Drama, Experimental, Industrial/Mine/Manufacturing, Labor History, Working Class

Her Socialist Smile (2020)

14 Jan

John Gianvito assembles Keller’s political addresses and writings into a portrait of a warrior for social justice and a passionate, insightful proselytizer of Marxist thought.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13152604/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

NYFF Review: Helen Keller’s Political Life Gets Illuminated in Her Socialist Smile

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Posted by Labor Film Database on January 14, 2023 in Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Labor History, Women

1970

14 Jan

71 mins | 2021

Director: Tomasz Wolski

Producer: Anna Gawlita

Subtitle: English

In the days leading up to Christmas 1970, the Polish government raised the prices of food and consumer goods, prompting worker strikes and public demonstrations. In response, the Communist regime ordered the police and military to intervene and suppress the protests, which resulted in violent clashes, thousands of arrests, and the deaths of over 40 demonstrators. Director Tomasz Wolski brings the tragic sequence of decisions and their ramifications to life in a compelling and stylized pastiche of archival footage, stop-motion animation, puppetry, and recordings of government officials’ conversations. Bold and bracing, the film interweaves multiple visual styles and stories to suspenseful effect as the tension between the public and the government unfolds in black-and-white streets and moody dioramas. With chilling contemporary resonances, 1970 captures the politics of power and intimidation—how both are deployed by authority figures when they are confronted by the forces of civil unrest and a fear of their own citizens. TM

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Posted by Labor Film Database on January 14, 2023 in Communism/Socialism, Documentary, Labor History