La Syndicaliste
The true story of the Irish national Maureen Kearney- head tradeunion representative-turned-whistleblower of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse. After denouncing top-secret deals that shook the sector, Kearney’s life is suddenly turned upside-down when she is violently assaulted in her own house.
A Flame at the Pier
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
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.
Harlan County U.S.A.
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Tap Roots
Set at the beginning of the Civil War, Tap Roots is all about a county in Mississippi which chooses to secede from the state rather than enter the conflict. The county is protected from the Confederacy by an abolitionist and a Native American gentleman. The abolitionist's daughter is courted by a powerful newspaper publisher when her fiance, a confederate officer, elopes with the girl's sister. The daughter at first resists the publisher's attentions, but turns to him for aid when her ex-fiance plans to capture the seceding county on behalf of the South.
On the Waterfront
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Blue Collar
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
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Jean-Paul Salomé
Director
Marina Foïs
as
Anne Lauvergeon
Yvan Attal
as
Luc Oursel
Isabelle Huppert
as
Maureen Kearney
Yves Heck
as
Médecin Unité médico-judiciaire
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Harold Conway
as
Johnson
Masaomi Kondô
as
Port Worker
Mariko Kaga
as
Yuki
Val Avery
as
Brother
Jack Warden
as
Charlie Malick
Robert F. Simon
as
George Nordmann
Ruth White
as
Katherine Nordmann
Barbara Kopple
Director
Alexis Arquette
as
Georgette
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as
Tralala
Bill Mondy
as
Uptown Doggie
Peter Dobson
as
Vinnie
Richard Long
as
Bruce Dabney
William Challee
as
Sergeant
Elmo Lincoln
as
Sergeant
Helen Mowery
as
(uncredited)
Karl Malden
as
Father Barry
Martin Balsam
as
Gillette
Lee J. Cobb
as
Johnny Friendly
Rudy Bond
as
Moose
Marlon Brando
as
Terry Malloy
Paul Schrader
Director
Ed Begley Jr.
as
Bobby Joe
Harvey Keitel
as
Jerry
Tracey Walter
as
Union Member
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