Working Conditions Movies

Purl, an earnest ball of yarn, gets a job at a fast-paced, male-centered startup company. Things start to unravel as Purl tries to fit in with this ti...

Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.

Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad...

In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization, their lives will never be the same. When the trus...

A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses...

In barely a century, French peasants have seen their world profoundly turned upside down. While they once made up the vast majority of the country, to...

This award winning, 1974 film by Yilmaz Güney, the legend of Turkish Cinema, tells the story of Cevher and his family and their daily struggles as sea...

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to se...

When it comes to odd jobs, Paul F. Tompkins has experienced them all, stand-up comedian included. In this extended and uncensored stand-up special, Pa...

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.

In Buenos Aires a group of acclaimed dancers create the first Contemporary National Company of Dance under their collective leadership. This is the st...

Documentary about the Radium Dial Company and the aftereffects experienced by its workers from repeated exposure to radioactive paint.

A documentary about the dockworkers in Gothenburg, and the future of the shipping industry in the city.

After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time dream...

Emergency medicine intern Margaux can no longer stand it. During another very hectic and patient-filled shift, she forgets a homeless woman on a stret...

Alice gets by working as a substitute at preschools. One morning she's called to a new preschool where she, as usual, is put to work without a proper...

Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.