Labor Film DVDs unless otherwise noted. To order, enter the quantity in the white box then click on the gray "Add to Order" box.

9 to 5 Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton kidnap their sexist boss and take over the department. (1980, 110 min.)     $10

10,000 Black Men Named George Docudrama of the life of A. Philip Randolph and his Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Directed by Robert Townsend and starring Andre Braugher, Charles Dutton and Mario Van Peebles. (2002, 112 min.) $15

A. Philip Randolph: For Jobs and Freedom The story of A. Philip Randolph from his years as a radical black journalist, through his organizing of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, to his mobilization of the 1963 March on Washington. (1996, 86 min) $49

American Dream Barbara Kopple's second Academy Award-winning documentary focuses on the 1984 Hormel plant strike in Austin, Minn. (1922, 98 min.) $15

At The River I Stand Documents the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers' strike and the historical forces which came together with the death of Dr. Martin Luther King (1994, 58 min.) $49

Bread & Roses Gripping story of a group of immigrant workers who take a stand against the million dollar corporation who exploit them. Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm Award nominee.   $15

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin The story of Bayard Rustin, the gay African-American Quaker and lifelong peace, civil rights and labor activist, who organized the 1963 March on Washington and co-founded the AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute. (2002, 83 min.) $49

Chicken Run A hilarious story of organizing in the henhouse, brought to life with clay animation. Voices by Mel Gibson and others. (2000, 84 min.) $15

Christ in Concrete Based on Pietro di Donato's prize-winning novel about an Italian immigrant bricklayer and his family in New York City. Long thought to be lost, this film was recently released in a fully restored version. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. (1949, 116 min.) $25

The Corporation Explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Winner of 23 International Awards including the Sundance World Cinema-Documentary Audience Award.(2005, 145 min.) $26

The Devil's Miner An astonishing portrait of two brothers, 14-year-old Basilio and 12-year-old Bernardino, who work deep inside the silver mines of Cerro Rico, Bolivia. (2005, 82 min) $24

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges Haskell Wexler directed this film version of Ian Ruskin performing his one-man show about Harry Bridges, the extraordinary leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, to a packed house of 1000 longshore workers. Includes appearances by Elliott Gould and Ed Asner, as well as music by Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie and others. (2007, 82 min) $24

Golden Lands, Working Hands This ten part film series introduces students, union members and the general public to California labor history. (1999, 3 hrs.) 2-DVD set $20

Granito de Arena The story of a grassroots, non-violent movement of public schoolteachers who endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle to defend public education in Mexico. (2005, 62 min.) $25

Harlan County USA Newly released on DVD, this Academy Award-winning documentary by Barbara Kopple is a powerful record of a 13-month coal miner's strike in Kentucky (1976, 104 min) $40

The Inheritance Labor history documentary sponsored by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America focusing on garment workers during the first 30 years of the union's struggle. Features music by Pete Seeger, Judy Collins, Millard Lampell, and others. (1964, 55 min.) $49

It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song From the coalfields of West Virginia to the factories of Baltimore, Hazel Dickens has been a pioneering woman in Bluegrass and hardcore country music and has influenced generations of songwriters and musicians. Her songs of hard work, hard times, and hardy souls have bolstered working people at picket lines and union rallies throughout the land and her piercing vocals power the soundtracks for Harlan County USA and Matewan. Includes interviews, archival footage, recent performances and 16 of her most powerful songs. (2000, 60 min.) $24

Live Nude Girls Unite!
Follows the quest of dancers at the Lusty Lady Club to form the first ever Exotic Dancers Union.
(2000, 72 min.) VHS $12    DVD $30

Maquilapolis (City of Factories) Documentary filmed in Mexico where workers struggle for survival working in maquiladoras: massive sweatshops often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. (2006, 60 min.) $49

The Molly Maguires Sean Connery is the leader of a secret society of militant miners; Richard Harris is the undercover detective working for the coal operators. Directed by Martin Ritt. (1969, 123 min.) $10

Morristown: In the Air and Sun Director Ann Lewis chronicles nearly a decade of change in Morristown, Tennessee, through interviews with workers and families impacted by globalization. (2007, 60 min.) $24

Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman Documentary focusing on the life of labor heroine, Mary Harris Jones, a.k.a. Mother Jones. (2007, 23 min.) $10

The Navigators This film by Ken Loach focuses on the devastating effect of privatization on railway workers in Great Britain. (2002, 92 min) $15

Newsies Disney musical based on an 1899 newspaper boys' strike in New York City against Joseph Pulitzer (played by Robert Duvall). (1992, 125 min.) DVD $20

Norma Rae Sally Field won an Oscar for her performance as a textile worker in the South who organizes a union in her mill. (1979, 113 min.) DVD $10

North Country Charlize Theron stars in this story of the women who broke the gender barrier working in the Minnesota iron mines and broke legal ground with the nation's first class action sexual harassment lawsuit. (2005, 126 min) $15

Out of Darkness: the Mine Workers' Story Directed by Barbara Kopple and Bill Davis with music by Tom Juravich. (1990, 100 min.) VHS $10, DVD $16

The Pageant of the Paterson Silk Strike Performance poet Chris Chandler meditates on the 1913 IWW strike from the point of view of an 8 year old boy in a photograph. With David Roe on piano. (2007, 15 min) $12

The Pajama Game Doris Day is the union rep and John Raitt the supervisor in this Broadway musical about workers in a pajama factory who are fighting for a seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase. Choreography by Bob Fosse. (1957, 102 min) $20

Rebuilding San Francisco 1906-1910: The Workers Story In the weeks following the 1906 Earthquake, thousands of union tradesmen – piledrivers, ironworkers, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers and countless others, worked to rebuild the city of San Francisco. (2006, 27 min) $20

The Rosa Parks Story Angela Bassett plays Rosa Parks in this bio-pic about the woman who sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement. Directed by Julie Dash. (2002, 94 min.)  DVD $15

Sacco and Vanzetti Brings to life the story of the two Italian immigrant anarchists who were accused of a murder in 1920, and executed in Boston in 1927 after a notoriously prejudiced trial.(2006, 82 min.) $25

Salt of the Earth Classic 1953 film about a New Mexico miners' strike with most of the roles played by the strikers and their families. (94 min.)   DVD $16

The Take Thirty unemployed auto-parts workers occupy their factory in the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse. (2004, 87 min.) $30

This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Documentary film about the WTO protests in Seattle with narration by Susan Sarandon and Michael Franti. Music by Rage Against the Machine, Anne Feeney, Company of Prophets and others.
(2000, 70 min.) VHS $15 or DVD $25  

A Union Man: The Life and Work of Julius Margolin A touching and educational portrait of an 89 year old rank-and-file activist and musician from New York. (2005, 90 min.) $15

 

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