Movies: Working class

Alanis Obomsawin turns her lens to Le Patro Le Prévost, a recreational centre in the Villeray quarter of Montreal. On the eve of its 80th anniversary in 1989, Le Patro is a vital focal point in the predominantly working-class neighbourhood. Beloved b...

Indianapolis has one of the lowest high school graduation rates in the country. Night School follows three adult students living in the city’s more impoverished neighborhoods as they attempt to earn their diplomas while juggling other difficult respo...

Working class of a small town near Ljubljana hope that the authorities will choose their town to build a new factory there, which proves to be wrong. The film is a critical observation of the lack of prospect of young people who live in the province....

From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood frie...

Jordi a young man working at a bank has an overriding aim in life and that is to hide his humble origins. But he meets Greta a Colombian girl who has come to Ecuador to make a living........

Kirsty must survive an afternoon in the city centre until her accomodation can be arranged at a homeless shelter....

A white and a blue collar worker fall in love during the 1980 strike at FIAT that marked the end for labor movement in Italy....

It's that time of year, and as Christmas approaches Braathen Street, the neighbors come together to celebrate the holiday. In their shared home, they find warmth and joy despite the challenges of their modest lives, proving that the true spirit of Ch...

A dejected employee reckons with his place in a seemingly hopeless Filipino society as another national election looms....

Zara, 7, has entered Islamia Primary school in Nottingham from a state primary. Aysha, 12, has entered Islamia Secondary, a girls only school, as the only white student. he girls will be taught the standard national curriculum, supplemented by Islami...

The life of an ordinary working class family in Bagnolet's block of council flats, Paris' suburb. "I've spent 17 years here. I sacrificed myself for you. Now it's over. " says the mother, who dreams of being a singer. Between a pre-teen rocker brothe...

Kirby, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, October 1972. A chronicle of the fourteen-month strike by thousands of tenants to protest against the £1 increase in council house rents due to the Housing Finance Act....

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Childhood was complicated for Yoshida and he faces Japanese society as an outsider after his return from London alongside his parents. He feels displaced and frustrated, but soon finds new strength through hip-hop. Under the name of SEEDA, he starts ...

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In the Moss Side, Manchester "race riots" of 1981 a struggling punk band are tempted by a sinister entrepreneur to perform at a major gig in support of British extreme Right political organizations....

Maria has always managed to make ends meet running her cafe full-time until Caspian; her former lover from years gone by, returns to town. They make an effort to rekindle their love until Caspians past catches up to him....

A young mother tries to run away from inner-city Dublin but discovers that there are only so many places you can go before you run into yourself....

A new film made from more than a hundred fragments of archive film, Echoes of the North transports you back to Northern England a century ago, taking its audiences down the highways and byways of northern life in the early 20th century - its industri...

Documentary about Margit Nielsen and her work at the Malmö chocolate factory....