Labor Strike Movies

  • 2000
    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    Harlan County War

    7.32000HD

    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...

    Harlan County War
  • 1915
    The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

    The Man with the Iron Heart

    01915HD

    I.M. Mann, millionaire president of a large corporation, is known as "the man with the iron heart." James Boyd, cashier for Mann's corporation, is...

    The Man with the Iron Heart
  • 1984
    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    Sister Stella L.

    5.81984HD

    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

    61991HD

    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...

  • 1990
    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    The Night Before the Strike

    6.21990HD

    There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. Ju Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member...

    The Night Before the Strike
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.51985HD

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

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 1990
    American Dream

    American Dream

    American Dream

    7.1821990HD

    When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local...

    American Dream
  • 1973
    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    The House on Chelouche Street

    6.31973HD

    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
  • 2008
    Signorina Effe

    Signorina Effe

    Signorina Effe

    6.62008HD

    A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy.

    Signorina Effe
  • 2015
    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    Out of My Hand

    72015HD

    A struggling Liberian rubber plantation worker risks everything to discover a new life as a Yellow Cab driver in New York City.

    Out of My Hand
  • 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
  • 1996
    Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

    Golden Boy

    7.21996HD

    Antoine a Union representative works in a financially troubled factory. He's not the sharpest tool in the box but he has a big heart and when he and...

    Golden Boy
  • 2009
    Dias de Greve

    Dias de Greve

    Dias de Greve

    02009HD

    The struggle of a small group of blacksmiths trapped between keeping a long going strike with claims for better fees and the necessity of getting...

    Dias de Greve
  • 2021
    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    In Spite of Ourselves

    02021HD

    An explosion in one of the largest chemical plants in Europe, the Petrochemical complex in Tarragona, triggers the labour struggle of a group of...

    In Spite of Ourselves
  • 2014
    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    02014HD

    Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

    The Miners' Strike and Me
  • 1919
    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    51919HD

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

    The Other Half
  • 2011
    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire

    62011HD

    On March 25, 1911, a catastrophic fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City. Trapped inside the upper floors of a ten-story...

    Triangle: Remembering the Fire
  • 1957
    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    01957HD

    Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty...

    On This Earth
  • 2021
    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    02021HD

    On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain
  • 2024
    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back

    02024HD

    The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.

    Strike! The Village That Fought Back