28m; U.S.
Director: Greg Boozell
Synopsis: Industrial workers caught up in globalization.
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The Globalization Tapes (2002)
85m
Director: Vision Machine Film Project
Synopsis: The film powerfully documents workers exploration of history, globalization, and how unions around the world can support each other and struggle together.
From the Mountains to the Maquiladoras
Synopsis: Laid-off Tennessee factory workers visit Mexican communities where factories moved.
The Global Assembly Line (1986)
58m; U.S.
Director: Lorraine Gray
Synopsis: Traveling from Tennessee to Mexico’s northern border, from Silicon Valley to the Philippines, The Global Assembly Line takes viewers inside our new global economy. A vivid portrayal of the lives of working women and men in the “free trade zones” of developing countries and North America, as U.S. industries close their factories to search the globe for lower-wage workforces. We take a rare look at the people who are making the clothing we wear and the electronics goods we use–as well as the business decisions behind manufacturing–on the global assembly line.
Director/Producer/Creator/Executive Producer/National & International distributor of the documentary films by Lorraine W Gray: With Babies & Banners and The Global Assembly Line.
Calcutta Calling (2006)
16m; India
Director: Andre Hörmann
Synopsis: Inside an Indian call center.
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
127m; U.S.
Director: Michael Moore
Synopsis: On the 20-year anniversary of his groundbreaking masterpiece “Roger & Me,” Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” comes home to the issue he’s been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. But this time the culprit is much bigger than General Motors, and the crime scene is far wider than Flint, Michigan.
China Blue (2005)
86m; U.S.
Director: Micha X. Peled
Synopsis: Young Chinese garment workers: the human cost of cheap jeans.
Contact: micha1teddybearfilms@earthlink.net
Dear John (2009)
33m; U.S.
Director: Mark Lammert
Synopsis: When a John Deere plant closes in Welland Ontario, director Mark Lammert explores the causes and effects of their decision to move south.
The Detroit Model (1980)
45m; U.S.
Director: Alan Levin
Synopsis: Study of the decline of the US auto industry in the 1970s and early 80s.
Distant Lives (2003)
105m; Germany
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Cast: Andrzej Górak, Anna Yanovskaya and Sergey Frolov
Synopsis (IMDB): This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Russians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a communion dress, and so on
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