THEME EXPLORATION

labor activism and student rebellion

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
Bread and Roses
Bread and Roses
2000 · Ken Loach
Athiradi
Athiradi
2026 · Arun Anirudhan
Those Who Make Tomorrow
Those Who Make Tomorrow
1946 · Akira Kurosawa
Not One Less
Not One Less
1999 · Zhang Yimou
2 Fists Up
2 Fists Up
2016 · Spike Lee
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
Class of 1984
Class of 1984
1982 · Mark L. Lester
National Champions
National Champions
2021 · Ric Roman Waugh
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
The Day Sports Stood Still
The Day Sports Stood Still
2021 · Antoine Fuqua
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently chronicle working-class struggles and labor activism with unflinching social realism, exemplified by works like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake'.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

His provocative cinema interrogates labor, class struggle, and the legacy of 1960s student rebellion within capitalist systems and authoritarian structures.