Director: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Response of the British trade union movement to the challenge posed by the policies of the Thatcher government.
Category Archives: Themes
REplace (2010)
57m; Netherlands
Director: Sven Jense
Synopsis: Documentary about African immigrants coming to work in Europe – if they make it. Sven Jense reversed their route, traveling from Amsterdam to Mali, West Africa. On his way he meets with different migrants, from a mother in Paris to a construction engineer who never made it. Sven Jense is a filmmaker who has his roots in theatre and political science. REplace is his first documentary. THEME: Migrant workers
Risk/Reward (2003)
88m;
Director: Elizabeth Holder, Xan Parker
Cast: Umber Ahmad, Maria Bartiromo and Roslyn Dickerson
Synopsis (IMDB): While there have been many movies about Wall Street, there has been little attention given to the specific challenges and stresses of the high-ranking women who work there. Risk/Reward is an insider’s view of the demands and sacrifices that working mothers have in a typically high-powered, male- dominated industry. This film was selected for the 2003 Tribeca, Hot Docs and Full Frame Film Festivals (among others) and will air on the Oxygen network.
Rabia (2009)
89m; Mexico
Director: Sebastián Cordero
Synopsis: A romantic thriller about a construction worker in hiding for killing his foreman who hides in the mansion where his girlfriend works as a maid.
Contact: Esther Devos edevos@wildbunch.eu
Race To The Bottom (2009)
20m; U.S.
Director: Michael Hamm, Jonathan King
Synopsis: This story is about the 2,000 independent truck drivers working at the Port of Oakland, The film gives us a look into the lives of the drivers and their struggles to earn a living wage, support their families, and stay healthy as they do their jobs, transporting goods in and out of the port. It also shows their efforts to build a community coalition to protect their jobs and their health and make their voices heard.
Rail Against Privatization (2005)
60 min; U.K.
Director: Platform Films
Synopsis: British Rail workers fight to end privatization of rail system.
Contact: Link to rail union website: http://www.rmt.org.uk/
Rail Warning (2005)
43m; Japan
Director: Akira Matsubara & Video Press
Synopsis: Examines the cause of the disastrous Amagasaki rail accident in Osaka, Japan. This train wreck killed over a 100 people and the causes were directly related to the privatization and massive speed-up of railway workers.
Raimunda: A Quebradeira (2007)
Director: Marcelo Silva
Synopsis: Raimunda: A Quebradeira is a Brazilian documentary about the women who struggle for survival collecting babaçu nuts in the Amazon. It is an inspiring story of resistance and triumph in the Brazilian forest, where War on Want partner organisztion MIQCB supports the 300,000 women who make their living from the nuts. The film provides a rare and intimate look at this remote community of women, whose ecologically sound way of life is under threat, both from the Brazilian government and big business moving in.
Contact: Brought to our attention in 2010 by: Nicola Seyd for London Socialist Film Co-op nseyd@hotmail.com
Raining Stones (1993)
90m; U.K.
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Bruce Jones, Julie Brown and Gemma Phoenix
Synopsis: The story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
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