Labor Movement movies
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This list contains movies which include the labor movement as part of their narrative. Featuring organizing, unions, and strikes, these movies depict the efforts of workers throughout history to work together for better conditions and treatment.
This list strives to be comprehensive, and thus includes ...
- movies that depict the labor movement in a positive light
- movies that honestly depict the occasional errors and ambiguity of the labor movement
- movies in which the labor movement is merely a background feature to a narrative focused on other themes
- movies influenced by tendentious corporate interests that malign the working people through exaggeration and slander
Please consult the following sources for more information:
- Ken Margolies, "Silver Screen Tarnishes Unions," Screen Actor, 1981 (https://bit.ly/2Q8iCxw)
- Steve Ross, "Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America," 2000 (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/6180.html)
- The Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/findaid/labor.html)
- The Labor Film Database (https://laborfilms.com/)
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Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
1972 — a.k.a. Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, in 3 top lists Check -
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Beau masque
1972 — a.k.a. Handsome Face, in 0 top lists Check -
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Boxcar Bertha
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Coup pour coup
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Il sindacalista
1972, in 0 top lists Check -
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Még kér a nép
1972 — a.k.a. Red Psalm, in 4 top lists Check -
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Perla w koronie
1972 — a.k.a. Pearl in the Crown, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tout va bien
1972 — a.k.a. Tout Va Bien, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Feb 1, 2024 by Blocho;