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1. Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Renowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
Directors: Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Alan Greenspan, Malcolm X, Richard Nixon
Votes: 9,888 | Gross: $0.13M
2. Harlan County War (2000 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson
Votes: 621
3. At War (2018)
113 min | Drama
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Mélanie Rover, Jacques Borderie, David Rey
Votes: 2,175 | Gross: $0.00M
4. The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
TV-G | 78 min | Drama
A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Jordan, Hardie Albright
Votes: 1,878
5. Bisbee '17 (2018)
PG | 112 min | Documentary, History, Western
An old mining town on the Arizona-Mexico border finally reckons with its darkest day: the deportation of 1200 immigrant miners exactly 100 years ago. Locals collaborate to stage recreations of their controversial past.
Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Mike Anderson, Charles Bethea, Chris Dietz, Mary Ellen Dunlap
Votes: 714 | Gross: $0.12M
6. Haymarket: The Bomb, the Anarchists, the Labor Struggle. (2021)
85 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The Chicago Haymarket tragedy, where a bomb thrown into the ranks of Police was followed by an eruption of panic and violence resulting in a trial and execution of presumably innocent ... See full summary »
Director: Adrian Prawica
Votes: 7
7. Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Berry Minnott | Stars: Harry Bridges, Studs Terkel
8. Rich Hall's Working for the American Dream (2018 TV Movie)
Documentary, History
In this sobering look at the current state of the American Dream, comedian Rich Hall explains how the US viewed and treated labor throughout its history and why this inevitably led to the economic and social problems Americans face today.
Director: Chris Cottam | Stars: Rich Hall, Raymond W. Johnson
Votes: 50
9. Hard Road of Hope (2020)
54 min | Documentary, History
"It's hard to win around here, it really is," says Lynn Beatty, a resident of Doddridge County, the epicenter of the fracking boom in West Virginia. A neighbor, Linda Ireland echoes that ... See full synopsis »
Director: Eleanor Goldfield | Stars: Terry Steele, Linda Ireland, Mirijana Beram, James Beatty
Votes: 9
10. Lockout (2007 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
In 1929 one of the darkest chapters in Australian industrial history was written in blood and bitterness on the Northern Coalfields of NSW, a tale that will echo across our landscape in story, song and legacy.
Director: Jason van Genderen | Stars: Chris Haywood, Jack O'Shea, Jim Comerford, Mabel Comerford
11. Making History: An Introduction to SEIU and the Labor Movement (2002 Video)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Lucia Duncan
12. Under röda fanor (1931)
47 min
Made for the 1932 municipal election by the Social Democrats in Stockholm. The labor movement's emerging in Sweden. Welfare evolving. A young couple rents a modern apartment.
Director: Per-Axel Branner | Stars: Astrid Bodin, Julia Cæsar, Nils Ekstam, Olle Florin
13.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
The Death of the American City
(2016)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Roshaun Harris, Chris Hedges, Darryl Mitchell