Worker Movies

  • 2004
    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)

    72004HD

    16mm film (black and white, silent)

    Workers Leaving the Factory (after Lumière)
  • 2021
    Underground

    Underground

    Underground

    02021HD

    Numerous people are on subway trains running up and down the city center endlessly. There are people who run this decent space...

    Underground
  • 2019
    Agony

    Agony

    Agony

    02019HD

    Clocking out weighs on the mind of one low level minimum wage food service employee as the age old struggle of customer vs cashier begins to take...

    Agony
  • 2008
    Carny

    Carny

    Carny

    12008HD

    CARNY is an intimate, gritty and poetic adventure following the lives of 'carnys' - traveling fairground workers whose experiences are outside the...

    Carny
  • 1904
    Girls Taking Time Checks

    Girls Taking Time Checks

    Girls Taking Time Checks

    5.81904HD

    Almost 200 women file by a device on the wall from which they take their time checks. A man runs half-way across the screen at the end of the film.

    Girls Taking Time Checks
  • 2025
    They Called it the Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike in Images

    They Called it the Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike in Images

    They Called it the Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike in Images

    02025HD

    In 1978, in Huron Park, Ontario, the women of Fleck Manufacturing walked off of the job and into the history books. Fighting for better wages, safer...

    They Called it the Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike in Images
  • 2022
    Marble and Concrete

    Marble and Concrete

    Marble and Concrete

    22022HD

    A documentary that invites the viewer to immerse themselves in a intimate and thoughtful walk through Poblenou Cemetery in Barcelona, better know as...

    Marble and Concrete
  • 1949
    Anna Szabó

    Anna Szabó

    Anna Szabó

    81949HD

    A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.

    Anna Szabó
  • 1970
    Service with a Smile

    Service with a Smile

    Service with a Smile

    01970HD

    an eight-hour long experimental film/performance art piece in which filmmaker chandler pippin creates their own arbitrary form of service work and...

    Service with a Smile
  • 2025
    Employee of the Month

    Employee of the Month

    Employee of the Month

    02025HD

    Employee of the Month
  • 2024
    Atmosfera

    Atmosfera

    Atmosfera

    72024HD

    It's the end of a workday. A man returns home. He's at the mercy of his thoughts and emotions. From this melancholy backdrop, a disturbing figure...

    Atmosfera
  • 1917
    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

    Women’s Munition Work

    01917HD

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

    Women’s Munition Work
  • 1931
    The Big Grave

    The Big Grave

    The Big Grave

    71931HD

    The Big Grave
  • 1970
    A La Mierda Los Patrones

    A La Mierda Los Patrones

    A La Mierda Los Patrones

    01970HD

    Filmed during the Salvador Allendes government, this documentary investigates the agitation of the country before the 1973 coup d'état, when...

    A La Mierda Los Patrones
  • 2025
    The Motivator

    The Motivator

    The Motivator

    02025HD

    A Man having a mental breakdown and identity crisis because of the work, the stress of his wife and unboorn child, will he be able to bear all of it?

    The Motivator
  • 2019
    Still I Rise

    Still I Rise

    Still I Rise

    02019HD

    Short documentary on female workers at school, made by a high school student.

    Still I Rise
  • 1970
    Les petites mains invisibles

    Les petites mains invisibles

    Les petites mains invisibles

    01970HD

    November 2017, North of Paris : H. Reiner-Onet cleaning company workers are fighting an exemplary battle. This 45 days strike, one of the...

    Les petites mains invisibles
  • 2022
    Ballpen

    Ballpen

    Ballpen

    02022HD

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

    Ballpen
  • 2020
    Banners

    Banners

    Banners

    02020HD

    Get to know a little bit about Paulo Moreira, sign painter from the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte - MG, his hand painting techniques and the...

    Banners
  • 2026
    Cherbourg : la fabrique des sous-marins

    Cherbourg : la fabrique des sous-marins

    Cherbourg : la fabrique des sous-marins

    02026HD

    Cherbourg : la fabrique des sous-marins