Movies and TvShows featuring "textile-mill" theme.

A Woman of Substance follows the life of Emma Harte, a working-class woman who becomes a successful businesswoman in the textile industry. Set in early 20th century England, Emma's journey is filled with obstacles and challenges as she navigates through love, loss, and betrayal. Despite the odds, she manages to build a vast business empire and becomes a woman of substance.

When a drifter takes a job at a textile mill in a small town in Maine, he uncovers a horrifying secret. He discovers a giant rat-like creature that feasts on the workers during the night shift. As the body count rises, he must find a way to stop the monster before it devours them all.

Norma Rae, a young single mother and factory worker in Alabama, becomes a key figure in the labor union movement when she decides to stand up against the poor working conditions and mistreatment at her workplace. Based on a true story, Norma Rae's fight for justice brings about significant changes in the lives of the workers and the community.

The Mill is a TV show that takes place in a textile mill during the 19th century. It focuses on the working-class individuals and their struggles in the harsh conditions of the mill. The show provides a glimpse into the lives of people working in the cotton industry during the Victorian era.

A collection of six surreal and horrifying tales taking place in a theater, featuring themes of memory, dreams, transformation, and murder.

Heroism and romance combine in an action-packed martial arts story. When the Shaolin are betrayed by White-Browed Hermit, hotheaded warrior-hero Fong Sai Yuk vows revenge.

When a female mayor and an engineer clash over the future of a textile mill, a Christmas village comes to their aid and brings them closer together.

A penniless bumpkin from the country who fights his way to quick riches in the city as an enforcer for a textile factory that's threatened by a competitor.

The Rooster is a comedy romance set in Sweden during World War II. The story revolves around a working-class man who works at a textile factory and becomes a sex addict. He gets caught spying on women with binoculars and gets into various hilarious situations. The movie explores themes of class divide, friendship, and love.

Travel back to late 18th century Lowell, MA, now infamous for its textile mills and its "Lowell Girls," the poor, barely-educated waifs who helped turn those mills into sweatshops.

In October 1925, due to a depression in the textile industry a 10 percent wage cut was imposed by mill owners. The strike that followed went for thirteen months and was vigorously and violently opposed by mill owners and police authorities. This was not an uncommon consequence of striking, and strikers were often fired upon throughout the early Twentieth Century by both police forces and the National Guard as was demonstrated in the modern section of D.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE (1916) and many other films of the time. THE PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE was made by the strikers' Relief Committee to not only show what was happening on the picket lines but to also provide much needed funds for the relief of strikers and their families.

Private Life is a movie set in 1950s England, where a complex and secretive love story unfolds. It explores themes of homosexuality, discrimination, and societal norms, as two individuals navigate the challenges of expressing their true identity and desires. The movie dives into the lives of its characters, highlighting their struggles, relationships, and the risks they take to pursue happiness.

Idealistic young American falls under the influence of Communist agitators.

The Battle of Shanghai has been described as the last battle of World War I, and the first battle of World War II. It was a warning to the world, a warning that was ignored. And it was the place where the destiny of modern China was set in motion. Based on the book “Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze” by Danish author Peter Harmsen, this film introduces key figures in the conflict, chronicles how the battle unfolded over the course of three months, and explores the aftermath and years of war that followed.

Because he had previously picked the name James for his first-born, when a female arrives, Major Milligan, a well-meaning but lazy dreamer, calls his daughter Jamesina, or Jemmy for short. With the birth of her second child, Mrs. Milligan dies, and several years later, when Jemmy is about eighteen, the Major marries a widow with three children. Soon the family is deeply in debt. Jemmy gets work at a textile factory, gets jobs for the other children, and even inspires the Major to work. She falls in love with Stanley Templeton, an aviator on furlough, but because his mother disapproves, Jemmy refuses to marry him. After Stanley returns to the war, Jemmy captures a German spy in the plant who was soaking cloth for airplanes in acid. She receives a reward which allows the Milligans to pay off their mortgage. Mrs. Templeton apologizes, and when Stanley returns, she warmly approves of their engagement.

This short film focuses on the evolving country of Ecuador.