Movies and TvShows featuring "fight-for-rights" theme.

During the early years of the U.S. space program, a team of female African-American mathematicians at NASA play a vital role in assisting with calculations and ensuring the success of space missions. They face racial segregation and gender discrimination, but their brilliance and determination ultimately help them overcome these obstacles and make significant contributions to the space program.

When We Rise is a miniseries that follows the personal and political journeys of LGBTQ+ activists as they fight for equality and justice in America. Set in San Francisco, the series covers a span of several decades, showcasing key historical events and the lives of characters who played a significant role in the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Through their struggles, friendships, and love stories, When We Rise highlights the progress and challenges faced by the community and celebrates the victories that were achieved.

In the Russian Empire, a labor strike erupts as workers protest against their exploitative working conditions, corruption, and the cruelty inflicted upon animals. The rebellion grows in intensity, leading to a fierce fight for workers' rights and justice. Amidst the turmoil, the working class is pushed to the edge, suffering from starvation and social unrest. The movie explores themes of class struggle, anti-capitalism, and the oppressive nature of the Tsarist regime.

In 1920s New Jersey, a group of factory workers gradually falls ill due to their exposure to radium. As the women fight for justice and their rights, they uncover the disturbing truth about the corporation's negligence and the dangers of radium. Radium Girls is a compelling drama highlighting the strength and determination of these female protagonists.

Chronicle of the repression that a foreign company exerts on the miners of a small nitrate town in Chile, whose workers decide to claim their most essential rights. A reflection of the historic union struggles in the northern Chile that ended with terrible repressive acts.

In Wedding Wars, a man named Shel goes on strike in order to protest the governor's refusal to allow same-sex marriage. Shel's brother, Ben, is a speech-writer for the governor and disagrees with Shel's actions. The strike causes strained family relationships and puts Shel's relationship with his boyfriend at risk. As the strike gains nationwide attention, it becomes a symbol for the fight for equal rights.

The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907.

Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.

Since the cult success of Merci Patron!, activist/journalist/filmmaker François Ruffin has become an MP. Here, he attempts to table a law aimed at upholding the rights of what in Quebec are known as caregivers, and shows us in passing how a law whose need seems patently obvious is put together, debated, voted on and . . . dies on the battleground of French politics. A stirring documentary about social injustice that somehow manages to make us bust a gut laughing as we rage with indignation. And also cry at the beauty of it all, thanks to the director’s humanist sensibility and a deft play between reality and fiction.

The life of O.W. Gurley, a trailblazing Black entrepreneur, and his unwavering spirit that built Greenwood District into the thriving economic hub known as Black Wall Street, overcoming adversity in 1920s Tulsa, Oklahoma.