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Directed by Gregory NavaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
AdventureThemes Films about immigration,
Politique,
Films about the labor movement,
La précarité,
Political films,
Films about Latin American military dictatorshipsActors Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez,
Lupe Ontiveros,
David Villalpando,
Ernesto Gómez Cruz,
Trinidad Silva,
Enrique CastilloRating76%
The writing team of Nava and Thomas split the story into three parts:
Arturo Xuncax: The first part takes place in a small rural Guatemalan village called San Pedro and introduces the Xuncax family, a group of indigenous Mayans. Arturo is a coffee picker and his wife a homemaker. Arturo explains to his son, Enrique, his world view and how the indio fares in Guatemalan life, noting that, "to the rich, the peasant is just a pair of strong arms". Arturo and his family then discuss the possibility of going to the United States where "all the people, even the poor, own their own cars". Because of his attempts to form a labor union among the workers, Arturo and the other organizers are attacked and murdered by government troops when a co-worker is bribed to betray them—Arturo's severed head is seen hanging from a tree. When Enrique attempts to climb the tree that displays his father's head, a soldier attacks him. Enrique fights and kills the attacker, only to learn that many of their fellow villagers have been rounded up by soldiers. The children's mother too "disappears": abducted by soldiers. So, using money given to them by their godmother, Enrique and his sister Rosa decide to flee Guatemala, the land of their birth, and head north.
, 2h9
Genres Drama,
ComedyThemes Political filmsActors Ernesto Gómez Cruz,
María Elena Velasco,
Irma Dorantes,
Héctor OrtegaRating66%
In 1952, the presidential candidate of the PUM political party Carmelo Barriga visits the rural town of San Jilemón el Alto where he gives a speech promoting his candidacy and political party. During the speech and among the townspeople, a young woman gives birth to two twin girls. In a political move, Carmelo decides to adopt one of the girls whom he names Lorena and who becomes an active politician in her own political party, the PUF. Lorena then becomes a presidential candidate running against her rival, Santos Barboza of the PUM. When Lorena and her campaign visits San Toribio del Trueno, a firework accident causes her to abandon the candidacy. Fortunately, campaign member Gonzalo remembers about Lorena's twin and decides to search for her so that she can substitute Lorena and therefore the campaign can resume., 1h37
Directed by Hiroshi TeshigaharaOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
CrimeThemes Films about the labor movement,
Political filmsActors Hisashi Igawa,
Kunie Tanaka,
Kei SatōRating74%
Pitfall is set against the background of labour relations in the Japanese mining industry, but the film owes as much to surrealism as it does to "socially aware" drama. The mine in the film is divided into two pits, the old one and the new one, each represented by a different trade union faction. A mysterious man in white, whose identity we never learn, murders an unemployed miner who bears an uncanny resemblance to the union leader at the old pit and bribes the only witness to frame the union leader of the new pit. The two union leaders go to the murder scene to investigate only to come across the body of the witness, who has subsequently been killed by the man in white. They blame one another and begin a fight which ends in both their deaths. The film ends with the man in white observing them before riding off on his motorcycle, satisfied his mission is complete. Beyond this realistic plot, Pitfall shows us the realm of the dead as well as the living, as the ghosts of the victims look on, powerless to intervene in events and bring the truth to light., 1h20
Directed by King VidorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Documentary,
RomanceThemes Films about the labor movement,
Political filmsActors Karen Morley,
Tom Keene,
Barbara Pepper,
John Qualen,
Lloyd Ingraham,
Harry BernardRating69%
The film depicts a couple, down on their luck during the Great Depression, who move to a farm to try to make a go of living off the land. They don't have a clue at first, but soon find other people down on their luck to help them. Soon they have a collective of people, some from the big city, who work together on a farm. There is a severe drought, killing the crops. The people then dig a ditch by hand almost two miles long to divert water from a creek to irrigate the crops. The film is an entertaining, uplifting political allegory about the virtues of collective, non-corporate action, self-sufficiency, and the rewards of hard-work rather than the rewards of rapacious finance capitalism; it is not an instructional "how-to" film from an agricultural institute; consequently, the film ends with the people celebrating wildly in the water then harvesting the crops, not showing how they managed to direct the narrow stream of water over the huge plain to evenly irrigate the crops., 1h58
Directed by John FordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Films about the labor movement,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Walter Pidgeon,
Irving Pichel,
Maureen O'Hara,
Anna Lee,
Donald Crisp,
Roddy McDowallRating76%
The film opens with a monologue by an older Huw Morgan (voice by Irving Pichel): "I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market. And I'm going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return." The valley and its villages are now blackened by the coal mines that fill the area., 1h53
Directed by Michael RadfordOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
War,
Thriller,
Social science fiction,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about the labor movement,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Political films,
Dystopian filmsActors John Hurt,
Richard Burton,
Suzanna Hamilton,
Cyril Cusack,
Gregor Fisher,
John BoswallRating70%
In a dystopian 1984, Winston Smith endures a squalid existence in the totalitarian superstate of Oceania under the constant surveillance of the Thought Police. The story takes place in London, the capital city of the territory of Airstrip One (formerly "either England or Britain"). , 2h5
Directed by Mario MonicelliOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Crime,
PoliticThemes Politique,
Films about the labor movement,
Political filmsActors Marcello Mastroianni,
Renato Salvatori,
Annie Girardot,
Folco Lulli,
Gabriella Giorgelli,
Raffaella CarràRating79%
The film is set in Turin at the end of the 19th century and opens with a scene showing workers of all ages, including young teenager Omero (Franco Ciolli), rising at 5:30 in the morning before heading to a textile factory where they work until 8:30 in the evening., 1h51
Directed by David LelandOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about the labor movement,
Political filmsActors Catherine McCormack,
Rachel Weisz,
Anna Friel,
Paul Bettany,
Steven Mackintosh,
Tom GeorgesonRating61%
During both World War I and World War II, the Women's Land Army was set up in the United Kingdom, to recruit women to work at farms where men had left to go to war. Women in the WLA were nicknamed "land girls".