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Labor History

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The Labor History includes the following titles:

The Price of Cheap - imageThe Price of Cheap

The Price of Cheap tells the stories of modern slaves in textiles manufacturing supply chains and the brave individuals fighting on the ground against immeasurable odds to help them.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 79 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Invisible Frontliners - imageInvisible Frontliners

There are jobs without which society would not function. Who are those caretakers, the people who keep everyday life going, who keep the homes clean, provide food, and make it possible for the rest of us to live and work comfortably even during a pandemic? A tender yet radical tale of those who make sure society’s basics keep working even in time of crises; proudly and pragmatically told by themselves.

First Hand Films | 2022 | 50 minutes
Pickles - imagePickles

The story of eight Arab widows, uneducated and lacking vocational training, who have never had a job, and one day suddenly decided to jointly open a plant for the production of high quality pickles.

First Hand Films | 2005 | 65 minutes
Karl Polanyi, The Human Factor - imageKarl Polanyi, The Human Factor

An exploration of the life and work of Karl Polanyi, who sought to reintegrate society and economy. Could the commodification of labor and money ultimately be as disastrous as floods, drought and earthquakes?

Icarus Films | 2014 | 53 minutes
Made in Thailand - imageMade in Thailand

In Thailand, women make up 90 percent of the labor force responsible for garments and toys for export by multinational corporations. This powerful, revealing documentary about women factory workers and their struggle to organize unions exposes the human cost behind the production of everyday items that reach our shores.

Women Make Movies | 1999 | 30 minutes | College, Adults
No Job for a Woman - imageNo Job for a Woman

Narrated by Emmy® Award winner Julianna Margulies, this film features an abundance of archival photos and interviews with modern female war correspondents, as well as actresses bringing to life the written words of these remarkable women.

Women Make Movies | 2011 | 61 minutes | College, Adults
Ways of Being Home - imageWays of Being Home

An evocative audiovisual meditation on the experience of Mexican immigrants living and working in rural America.

Women Make Movies | 2020 | 72 minutes | College, Adults
A Fine Line - imageA Fine Line

Explores why less than 7% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, when traditionally women have always held the central role in the kitchen.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 71 minutes | College, Adults
A Growing Thing - imageA Growing Thing

25 years after the end of apartheid, what do women in a South African township dream of?

Collective Eye Films | 2019 | 92 minutes
A History of the European Working Class - Episode 1 - imageA History of the European Working Class - Episode 1

With the beginnings of the "Factory System" comes a new conception of work and time, which the uprooted workers will have to accept.

Icarus Films | 2020 | 52 minutes

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