In Dubious Battle
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger than its individual members, and more frightening. Led by the doomed Jim Nolan, the strike is founded on his tragic idealism—'courage, never submit, or yield'.
Behind the Screen
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
Harlan County War
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
At War
After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.
Made in Dagenham
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Miners Shot Down
In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring many more. Using the point of view of the Marikana miners, Miners Shot Down follows the strike from day one, showing the courageous but isolated fight waged by a group of low-paid workers against the combined forces of the mining company Lonmin, the ANC government and their allies in the National Union of Mineworkers.
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.
Strike! The Village That Fought Back
The inside story of Polmaise Colliery and the miners who were the first to walk out and the last to go back to work during the miners' strike.
Cart
In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.
American Dream
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.
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James Franco
Director
Ed Harris
as
Joy
Analeigh Tipton
as
Vera
Josh Hutcherson
as
Vinnie
Wesley Ruggles
as
Actor
Frank J. Coleman
as
Assistant Director
Tony Bill
Director
Roger Dunn
as
Alfred Ramsey
Lynne Griffin
as
Mrs. Yarborough
Ted Levine
as
Silas Kincaid
Leslie Carlson
as
Udell
Roger Lloyd Pack
as
George
John Sessions
as
Harold Wilson
Rosamund Pike
as
Lisa Hopkins
Sally Hawkins
as
Rita O'Grady
Luigi Diberti
as
Bassi
Gian Maria Volonté
as
Ludovico 'Lulù' Massa
Gino Pernice
as
Sindacalista
Park Ji-Yeon
as
Cashier #21
Barbara Kopple
Director
Ronald Reagan
as
Self
Jesse Jackson
as
Self
Dan Rather
as
Self
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