THEME EXPLORATION

labor movement

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Closely Watched Trains
Closely Watched Trains
1966 · Jiří Menzel
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Zweigroschenzauber
Zweigroschenzauber
1929 · Hans Richter
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
1975 · Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Metropolis
Metropolis
1927 · Fritz Lang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the struggles of working-class people against economic systems and labor injustice, with works like 'Kes' and 'I, Daniel Blake' centering on worker dignity.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He examined class conflict, exploitation, and the alienation of laborers within capitalism through psychologically intense narratives in films like 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul' and 'The Marriage of Maria Braun'.

 Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

A pioneer of revolutionary cinema, his masterpieces 'Battleship Potemkin' and 'October' directly celebrate worker uprisings and the labor movement as catalysts for social change.