Movies and TvShows featuring "strike-breaker" theme.

In The River, a family in a small town in Tennessee faces the threat of losing their farm due to a devastating flood. As they navigate through poverty, social issues, and the challenges of a rural setting, they must find the courage to fight for what they love.

Harlan County U.S.A. is a powerful documentary that chronicles the intense and violent struggle of a coal miners' strike in Harlan County, Kentucky. The film captures the hardships faced by the striking miners and the relentless efforts of the United Mine Workers Association to protect their rights.

Set in Turin, Italy in the late 19th century, The Organizer tells the story of a labor organizer who leads a strike in a textile factory. The film explores the struggles of the working class, the poor working conditions, and the fight for change.

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

In 1950s Italy, a train conductor deals with isolation, self-destructive behavior, and strained family relationships. His life takes a turn when he reunites with his son during Christmas, leading to a series of events involving alcoholism, railway strikes, and the revelation of deep-rooted secrets. As he navigates through the challenges, the conductor must confront his inner demons and find a way to reconcile with his past.

The End of St. Petersburg is a silent film that depicts the events of the Russian Revolution in St. Petersburg. It follows the story of a factory worker who becomes a Bolshevik and joins the armed uprising against the Russian Empire. The film showcases the poverty and harsh conditions faced by the working class, as well as the brutality of the capitalist system. It also highlights the conflict between communism and capitalism during this historical period.

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage productions. Robeson committed his support to Paul Strand and Leo Hurwitz’s political semidocumentary Native Land. With Robeson’s narration and songs, this beautifully shot and edited film exposes violations of Americans’ civil liberties and is a call to action for exploited workers around the country. Scarcely shown since its debut, Native Land represents Robeson’s shift from narrative cinema to the leftist documentaries that would define the final chapter of his controversial film career.

Black Fury is a crime drama set in Pennsylvania, where a coal miner named Joe witnesses the struggles of his fellow workers during a labor strike. Joe gets caught up in a romantic rivalry between his fiancée Anna and a wealthy mine owner's son. As tensions rise, Joe finds himself torn between loyalty to his fellow miners and the temptation of a better life. The film explores themes of social injustice, class divide, and the power of solidarity.

Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on examples set by Abraham Lincoln and is a friend to the poor. Clay Clinton, his late partner's son joins the firm but is anxious for fast success and considers Schofield's old-fashioned principles antiquated. Being in love with Schofield's daughter and impatient for success he moves to offices supplied by the city's most powerful industrialist, J.T. Tapley, who has plans to use Clay's good family lineage as a stepping stone to political power. The unscrupulous Tapley precipitates a strike in his factory mill which causes a rupture between the former partners. Schofield sets out to bring Tapley and his political henchmen to justice.

A wise and forgiving communist leader decides to send a young worker, Karl Renn, as an international delegate to the Soviet Union after the worker had deserted a picket-line and had expressed doubts about the methods of class struggle in in his own country.

This Is My Country is a gripping film set in the 1980s, depicting the struggles of a nation in crisis. It explores themes of justice, human rights, and social realism. The story follows a group of individuals who find themselves caught in a web of corruption, as they fight against abusive labor practices and unfair treatment. With tensions rising, they must navigate through betrayal and desperation to bring about social justice and change.

Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization."

A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.

Dick Rainboldt (Carey) signs up to work at a gold mine without realizing that he's being hired as a strikebreaker. He takes the job primarily because of a pretty girl who lives in the town. The superintendent and manager of the mine convince Rainboldt to blow up the mine and make it appear like the strikers did it. But Rainboldt turns the tables on the plotters and reveals their scheme. The mine owner rewards him with a big assignment and the girl promises to marry him.

The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.

During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks for mercy, knowing that his father was wrong. Because of that the wife is freed.