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THEME EXPLORATION

work and labor

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Marginal Ones
The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
A Human Condition
A Human Condition
1974 · Louis Malle
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
Work Party (also Factory Family ) (, 35mm, b&w, sound, 7 minutes
1942 · Len Lye
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Black Girl
Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène
Roma
Roma
2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
The Human Surge 3
The Human Surge 3
2024 · Eduardo Williams
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
Making of the Spaceship
Making of the Spaceship
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach → United Kingdom

His films consistently depict the struggles of working-class people navigating harsh economic systems and labor exploitation with unflinching social realism.

Chloé Zhao → China/United States

Her films explore precarious labor and economic survival, particularly examining how people sustain dignity while working in unstable gig economy and service industry jobs.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder → Germany

He examined labor, class struggle, and human exploitation through psychological and political lenses, showing how work shapes identity and relationships in capitalist systems.

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