Enterprise: A Documentary Film

The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'

The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

1943

24 City

As a decades-old state-run aeronautics munitions factory in downtown Chengdu, China is being torn down for the construction of the titular luxury apar

2008

The Other Half Of The Sky

They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China: Belonging to a generation who experienced the austerity of China's cultural revolution, f

2016

Conquest of Light

Examines the mesmerising construction of clear crystal glass pieces created by the craftsmen of Waterford. The process from the intense heat of the fu

1975

Fur Trade

This short film from 1946 presents an outline of the fur trade's history and the commercial use of fur in Canada. A thirst for fur by the kings and co

1946

Atlas

The concept of machine-made knit was known as early as the 1850s, but it was only during the 1920s that the quality of the material had improved. When

1931

Television

Promotes television sets and the broadcast of New York's first regularly scheduled programs by providing a clinical look at the inner workings of tele

1939

North China Factory

This documentary from 1980 depicts a factory community in China where over 6000 workers process, spin and weave raw cotton into 90 million yards of hi

1980

Company Town

A Canadian union and workers in a GM plant mobilize to save it in what will become the fight of their lives.

2020

The Corporation

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant e

2003

Le Nouveau monde

2017

Megacities

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

1998

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

Working men and women leave through the main gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Filmed on 22 March 1895, it is often referred to as the firs

1895

Seawards the Great Ships

Documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde. In 1960, Glasgow and other towns and ports on the River Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland, were still

1960

Waiting for the Carnival

A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses

2019

In Syrien auf Montage

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship betwe

1971

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business

2005

Le capiage

Short documentary on the wool industry.

1949

Machines

This portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in a gigantic textile factory in Gujarat, India, moves through the corridors and bowels of the enormousl

2017

Manufactured Landscapes

MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his l

2006