Movies: Working class

It's official; class is back! Riots on the street, old-Etonians in government, a workforce on strike, "Downton Abbey", "The King's Speech", the royal wedding and vajazzling. In this one-off special, Frank Skinner is joined by comedians Micky Flanagan...

Kirby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, October 1972. A chronicle of the fourteen-month strike by thousands of tenants to protest against the £1 increase in council house rents due to the Housing Finance Act....

The summer of the Jubilee in 1977 was mentally dominated by another national anthem - "God Save the Queen" by The Sex Pistols. That same summer was also the summer of punk. Janet Street Porter Reviews The Year Of Punk, Featuring Early Classic Foota...

This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b) the raise of the rents; c) the "unpleasant" guest, meaning the justice officer that brings the evict...

Kirsty must survive an afternoon in the city centre until her accomodation can be arranged at a homeless shelter....

Documentary about the merging of the Communist Party of Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the Soviet occupation zone, a merger that would lead to the creation of the Socialist Unity Party that would rule the soon-to-be-created East ...

An intimate and political history of the French working class from the early 1950s to the present day....

Louis Malle presents his entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris....

Three women share their experience of navigating the app-world in the metro city. The sharings reveal gendered battles as platform workers and the tiresome reality of gig-workers' identities against the absent bosses, masked behind their apps. Filmed...

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A surreal event makes Bloke's head spin. A man's courage, masculinity and suffering come into question in this bizarre tale, one that can only be told with a side of mash and a cold beer....

Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party....

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A dejected employee reckons with his place in a seemingly hopeless Filipino society as another national election looms....

Popular in the riverside area of Porto, Micas raised her daughter, Madalena, at the cost of sacrifice, as her father emigrated to Brazil. With a happy voice, Madalena works on unloading the coal, seeing her loves thwarted by her humble condition. Ba...

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Born into a family of farmers in the mid-19th century, Karoline Augusta Antonsen moves to a nearby industrial city in her late teens, driven by the dream of building a large family and owning a big house. This short film follows her journey of hope, ...

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Al Levin examines the system which functions to keep the working class in the United States oppressed....

Unionized people at Solidaires - Trans and / or PD, Gouine, Bi-es, gay, lesbian, queer, intersex (tpgqi +) tell about the discrimination and violence they face at work and the obstacles in the union for to change the mentalities. But they also tell u...