Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy

Modern Marvels: American Steel: Built to Last

An exploration of the past and future of the steel industry in America.

In Delusion: Trump and the American Catastrophe

In 2020, the USA experienced a multiple catastrophe: No other country in the world was hit so badly by the coronavirus pandemic, the economic slump wa

2020

Attention danger travail

With the energy of the dying, those in power apply themselves to reasserting the value of work – with force, if need be. But more and more workers hav

2003

Roger & Me

A documentary about the closure of General Motors' plant at Flint, Michigan, which resulted in the loss of 30,000 jobs. Details the attempts of filmma

1989

Working for the Enemy

Sean McAllister's bleak, extraordinarily intimate film offers an insight into the lives of 35 year old Kevin, who hasn't worked in 18 years, and his 1

1997

The Idle Ones

The Idle Ones is a profile of contemporary affairs - somewhere on the edge of Europe - in a place where unemployment for some young people is fast bec

2001

Pôle Emploi, Ne quittez pas !

This is the story of a team of 40 agents facing 4,000 job seekers at a job centre in the Parisian suburbs. Samia, Corinne, Thierry, Zuleika must suppo

2014

Matar

The story of an asylum seeker in England who, when confronted with the hostile immigration system in the UK, is forced to live on the fringes of socie

2023

Scheme Birds

As her adolescence gives way to the obligations of motherhood, troubled Gemma matures in Motherwell, her Scottish hometown, heavily dependent on the s

2019

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

2022

Homeland

Following four Lakota families over three years, Homeland explores what it takes for the Lakota community to build a better future in the face of trib

2000

Quo Vadis 2020

A post millennial journey to Italy before the coronavirus outbreak. While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, the trip tur

2020

Over the Years

Taking the demise of a textile factory in Austria’s Waldviertel region as its starting point, with the antiquated manufacturing plant initially shown

2015

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies

A documentary about the groupie scene in the 1970s.

2010

L'Effet Bahamas

2024

Köyhät, nöyrät ja häpeämättömät

Documentary film about four families in Pori, Finland, all struggling with unemployment and poverty.

1999

Hard Times: Lost on Long Island

Though the recession officially ended in summer 2009, the fallout continues for some 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, many of whom w

2012

The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On is a personal journey behind the scenes that confronts the epidemic of mental health issues in the Australian entertainment indust

2019

The Unemployed

SFRJ is officially a place where everyone have a job and a house. The story follows hard labored workers who can't find a job, who bathe in public bat

1968

La gueule de l'emploi

Ten French job seekers show up for a two-day recruitment session knowing only that they’re vying for a sales position in the insurance field. Their pr

2011