THEME EXPLORATION

urban labor

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Chung Kuo Cina
Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Moi, un noir
Moi, un noir
1958 · Jean Rouch
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera
1929 · Dziga Vertov
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Land of the People
The Land of the People
1966 · Artavazd Pelechian
The Next Station
The Next Station
2008 · Fernando Solanas
Newsies
Newsies
1992 · Kenny Ortega
Breathless
Breathless
1960 · Jean-Luc Godard
Miracle in Milan
Miracle in Milan
1951 · Vittorio De Sica
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers
1966 · Gillo Pontecorvo
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films chronicle the struggles of working-class people navigating urban employment, welfare systems, and economic hardship with unflinching realism.

 Chloé Zhao China/United States

She explores precarious labor and survival in contemporary urban and rural America through intimate character studies of workers facing systemic inequality.

 Leigh Whannell United Kingdom

His improvisational approach reveals the inner lives of urban workers and working-class families, capturing both mundane struggles and quiet dignity in everyday labor.