Worker Movies

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

The drastic economic development in South Korea once surprised the rest of the world. However, behind of it was an oppression the marginalized female...

Adem, a Bosnian coal miner who spends his days digging in the dark depths, and in very harsh conditions, is praised for his work and achievements and...

In the Belgian hamlet of Verbrande Brug, former lovers Monique and Louis reconnect at a carnival, stirring up drama with their current partners.

In China’s popular live-streaming showrooms, three millennials – a karaoke singer, a migrant worker and a rags-to-riches comedian –...

France: 2020s. Piotr, a young Polish immigrant stuck in a string of odd jobs, crosses paths with Stefano, a burly mover. Little did Piotr know, this...

Lu Xi, a female engineer at a locomotive factory who lost her husband during the decade of turmoil, and Feng Shaoheng, a young engineer, are working...

From the 17th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out a colleague that is here for hours.

A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained...

No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a...

In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on the up and up as the men...

A 1-minute short film about a frustrated contract worker and her ballpen.

After the foreign specialists leave, engineer Lulëzim is left in charge of building the Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station.

Hidayet Usta is a shoemaker in his early 80s who has made a living repairing shoes. Having separated from his wife years ago and with a strained...

This extraordinary documentary is an unflinching record of the workers’ struggle during Japan’s economic rebirth in the 1980s, centered...

Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a...

Competition among fruit growers takes a nasty turn when the main buyer offers unrealistically low prices for their crops.

In the darkroom, 50 unexposed film strips were laid across a surface, upon which a frame of "La sortie des ouvrier de l'usine Lumière" was...

This early public information film puts out an appeal for more women to take up munitions work - showing training centres, opportunities for work in...