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American Factory

American Factory

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2019 IMDB Rating: 7.4

In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way...

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Norma Rae

Norma Rae

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor un...

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North Country

North Country

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2005 IMDB Rating: 7.3

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed...

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The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

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Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1984 IMDB Rating: 7.3

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

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The Angry Silence

The Angry Silence

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Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A young factory worker stands alone against a proposed strike.

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Brassed Off

Brassed Off

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Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 7.2

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria ap...

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Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham

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Film Age rating: 12 Year: 2010 IMDB Rating: 7.1

A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

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Germinal

Germinal

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Film Age rating: 13 Year: 1993 IMDB Rating: 7.1

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.

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Newsies

Newsies

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Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1992 IMDB Rating: 6.9

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they or...

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The Replacements

The Replacements

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Film Age rating: 9 Year: 2000 IMDB Rating: 6.6

Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements...

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