Labor Strike Movies

  • 1916
    Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

    6.51916HD

    During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

    Behind the Screen
  • 2008
    Contract

    Contract

    Contract

    02008HD

    Documentary about the nurses' strike in Finland on autumn 2007.

    Contract
  • 1937
    Big City

    Big City

    Big City

    7.71937HD

    Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob...

    Big City
  • 2004
    CHERS CAMARADES

    CHERS CAMARADES

    CHERS CAMARADES

    02004HD

    CHERS CAMARADES
  • 1970
    Lady Caliph

    Lady Caliph

    Lady Caliph

    5.541970HD

    La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns...

    Lady Caliph
  • 2020
    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    The Year of the Discovery

    6.82020HD

    In 1992 – 500 years after the beginning of Spain's global empire with the discovery of America – Spain proudly presented itself to the...

    The Year of the Discovery
  • 1974
    Rebellion in Patagonia

    Rebellion in Patagonia

    Rebellion in Patagonia

    7.61974HD

    In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working...

    Rebellion in Patagonia
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.61985HD

    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 1978
    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    O Porto de Santos

    4.61978HD

    A portrait of Santos Port, its geography, workers and the life that surrounds it, including the poor, prostitutes and the night life inhabitants.

    O Porto de Santos
  • 1919
    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    The Mother and the Law

    6.51919HD

    A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their...

    The Mother and the Law
  • 2024
    The Bannfoot Ferry

    The Bannfoot Ferry

    The Bannfoot Ferry

    02024HD

    A forgotten history of Northern Ireland is unveiled through a journey into Ulster Television’s archives, and the rediscovery of the first...

    The Bannfoot Ferry
  • 1919
    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    5.81919HD

    Social drama about a friendship that is pressurized by class differences.

    The Other Half
  • 2026
    Blue Baby

    Blue Baby

    Blue Baby

    02026HD

    A specialist nurse is given responsibility for a baby boy with a serious heart condition in the middle of nurses’ strike. She is left balancing...

    Blue Baby
  • 1978
    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

    6.81978HD

    Combining rare archival footage with interviews recorded forty years after the event, this documentary tells the story of the Women’s Emergency...

    With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
  • 2024
    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik

    02024HD

    Emma Freese is desperate when her husband Alfred falls ill at the Howaldtswerke in Kiel. How is the family supposed to get by without their wages?...

    Die Mutigen 56 - Deutschlands längster Streik
  • 1973
    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    6.51973HD

    A fatherless family immigrates to Israel from Egypt during the British Mandate period. The film traces the hardships the family suffers in the...

    The House on Chelouche Street
  • 2017
    Vigo 1972

    Vigo 1972

    Vigo 1972

    02017HD

    ‘VIGO 1972’ narrates the events which took place in Vigo in September 1972, when the firing of five Citröen auto workers resulted in...

    Vigo 1972
  • 1984
    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    71984HD

    A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same...

    Sister Stella L.
  • 1991

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    81991HD

    For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

  • 1979
    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time

    91979HD

    Documentary about a man remembering his struggles while floating on a boat down a river.

    When Léon M.’s Boat Went Down the Meuse for the First Time