Labor Movies

World War II created a huge demand for American farm products. But the war also caused vast numbers of farm workers to abandon the fields, either to...

Shedding light on the current debate over immigration reform and the use of "guest workers" in American agriculture, this historical documentary,...

A documentary about Dutch shipbuilders and their work. Hundreds of jobs at shipyards are on the line and their craftsmanship is under threat. The...

This "Working River" documentary traces a journey down the length of the Ohio River, primarily on two long haul towboats, with crew members you meet...

Documents the conflicts and tensions that arise between highland migrants and Mosetenes, members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon....

A study, in film animation, of a day in the life of a housewife, described without words, with a minimum of detail but with a perception all the more...

In this era, robotic peo- ple making humanized machine, is it a hopeless tragedy, or the beginning of a brave new world?