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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 110 min.
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Plot: Two Latina sisters, working as cleaners in a downtown L.A. office building, team up with a labor organizer to fight for their right to unionize.
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Cast: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack McGee, Monica Rivas, Frankie Davila
Lillian Hurst. Directed by Ken Loach.
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Categories: Labor ∙ Drama |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***
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Format: DVD 112 min.
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Plot: When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
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Cast: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers. Directed by Ron Howard.
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Categories: Labor ∙ International ∙ Comedy |
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Rated: Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 106 min. B&W
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Plot: Portrays migrant workers on a Western ranch in the 1930s Depression.
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Cast: Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Lon Chaney, Jr., Charles Bickford. Directed by Lewis Milestone.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Labor ∙ Mental Health |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: 102 min.
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Plot: A portrait of unemployed job-seekers chasing the American Dream in the oil fields of North Dakota.
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Cast: Keegan Edwards, Jay Reinke . Directed by Jesse Moss.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Labor ∙ Religion |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Gay activists raise money to support U.K. miners during a 1984 labor strike. Based on true story.
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Cast: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun, Ben Schnetzer. Directed by Matthew Warchus.
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Categories: Labor ∙ Human Rights ∙ History |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 89 min.
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Plot: The story of the Industrial Workers of the World, which in the early 20th century managed to organize various categories of unskilled workers into a single monolithic union.
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Cast: Narration by Roger Baldwin. Directed by Stewart Bird and Deborah Shaffer.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Labor ∙ History |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
You can view a list of all law library movies in the
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