THEME EXPLORATION

working conditions

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Rocky
Rocky
1976 · John G. Avildsen
Riff-Raff
Riff-Raff
1991 · Ken Loach
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Tony Richardson
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & David Lowery & Jafar Panahi
Blue Collar
Blue Collar
1978 · Paul Schrader
Wuyong
Wuyong
2007 · Jia Zhangke
Air of Paris
Air of Paris
1954 · Marcel Carné
Ajantrik
Ajantrik
1958 · Ritwik Ghatak
A Plain Song
A Plain Song
1910 · D.W. Griffith
Big City
Big City
1937 · Frank Borzage
Farewell
Farewell
1930 · Robert Siodmak
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films consistently expose the struggles of working-class people facing systemic injustice and exploitative labor conditions.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

Her work intimately portrays the dignity and hardship of marginalized workers navigating precarious employment and economic survival.

 Jafar Panahi Iran

His films examine the daily labor and working lives of ordinary Iranians while questioning societal structures and censorship.