God's Little Acre
In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their grandfather but problems related to poverty, marital infidelity, unemployment and booze threaten to destroy their family.
House on Bare Mountain
The Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein spy on a girls' school in the mountains, where most of the girls spend their time sunbathing in the nude, nude exercises and nude art classes. The monsters finally invade the school…
Edge of the City
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.
Comrades
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
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.
Salt of the Earth
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is shown to be a hypocrite by treating his pregnant wife, Esperanza, with a similar unfairness. When an injunction stops the men from protesting, however, the gender roles are reversed, and women find themselves on the picket lines while the men stay at home.
The Big Operator
A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Mel Torme, Jay North, Vampira, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan and Norman Grabowski.
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.
Americonned
The super-rich determines virtually every aspect of the lives of the other 90% of Americans. This film examines the hidden struggles of American families, the calculated political maneuvers of the elite, and the long overdue uprising of American workers. With affection for the middle-class and the outrageous attempt to color them as lazy, the film explores the question: How do we make sure workers are paid what they are worth, instead of believing they are only worth what they are paid?
Absence of Malice
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
Union
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
Bread and Roses
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.
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.
Which Way Is Up?
Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for Los Angeles, where he falls for union organizer Vanetta. Annie Mae seeks solace from local preacher Lenox Thomas, who eventually impregnates her. When Leroy catches wind, he heads home for a showdown with Lenox.
Walesa: Man of Hope
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.
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Anthony Mann
Director
Fay Spain
as
Darlin' Jill
Tina Louise
as
Griselda Walden, Ty Ty's daughter-in-law
Robert Ryan
as
Ty Ty Walden
Val Avery
as
Brother
Jack Warden
as
Charlie Malick
Robert F. Simon
as
George Nordmann
Ruth White
as
Katherine Nordmann
Imelda Staunton
as
Betsy Loveless
Alex Norton
as
Diorama Showman / Lanternist / Laughing Cavalier / Sgt. Bell / Mr Wetham
Malcolm Terris
as
Gentleman Farmer
James Fox
as
Norfolk
Tony Bill
Director
Roger Dunn
as
Alfred Ramsey
Lynne Griffin
as
Mrs. Yarborough
Ted Levine
as
Silas Kincaid
Leslie Carlson
as
Udell
Leo Gordon
as
Danny Sacanzi
Ray Danton
as
Oscar 'The Executioner' Wetzel
Lawrence Dobkin
as
Phil Cernak
Sydney Pollack
Director
John Harkins
as
Davidek
Luther Adler
as
Malderone
Sally Field
as
Megan
Ron Perlman
as
Party Guest
Robin Tunney
as
Party Guest
Benicio Del Toro
as
Party Guest
Samuel West
as
Party Guest
Tim Roth
as
Party Guest
Adrien Brody
as
Sam Shapiro
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
Michael Schultz
Director
Victor Argo
as
Angel
Marc Alaimo
as
Frankie
Joe Turkel
as
Harry Boatwright
Carmen Filpi
as
Wino
Mateusz Nedza
as
Cameraman
Robert Wieckiewicz
as
Lech Walesa
Cezary Kosinski
as
Majchrzak
Piotr Witkowski
as
Shipyard worker at the gate
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