It will probably show up at least on the Criterion Channel at some future point.Īnd much to my frustration, two of my favorite movies- Melvin and Howard and Silkwood-are available only on DVD. Matewan has just been released as a pricey special-edition DVD from the Criterion Collection, but otherwise is unavailable on streaming services. The Killing Floor has recently been restored, and probably will be released at some point on DVD, but for now can only be seen by purchasing a “virtual ticket” through the Film Movement website. There are a few movies that are harder (or more expensive) to come by. Nightjohn is included with an Amazon Prime subscription. is one site where you can search movie titles to see which streaming services might provide them.Ĭertain Women, Mystery Train, and Daughters of the Dust are also available, with extra features, on the Criterion Channel.ġ0,000 Black Men Named George is available free on YouTube. Some are also available on cable networks like HBO or Starz. Most of the movies listed here are available, either included with subscription or for a small rental fee, on streaming services like Amazon Prime, iTunes, YouTube, Hulu, or Netflix. Most of my suggestions are available through online streaming services see the box below for info on where to find them. To keep things manageable, I’ve excluded documentaries and foreign films. Here are my recommendations of some of the best that have come out since Norma Rae and Labor Notes debuted back in 1979. It is still possible, though, to find engaging and valuable movies about working people where labor/management conflict is not the central focus. Feature films expressly about class conflict have always been rare in American cinema, and in recent decades have become even more so. And on the big screen, Norma Rae proved to be a one-off. Now, over 40 years later, we know that the labor movement was not then surging but was on the cusp of collapse. At that moment, when more Americans than ever before were union members, it wasn’t surprising that a movie about a gutsy labor organizer would prove popular. This most iconic of union movies was a critical and box office smash when it came out in 1979, the same year Labor Notes published its first issue. If you search for films about labor, one makes every list: Norma Rae.
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