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Regardless of whether one supports organized labor, the struggle for fair wages and collective bargaining is fraught with drama. Little wonder, then, that Hollywood often dips into the union font ...
Pens en pootjies (in Afrikaans) and other South African films. This is a chronology of major films produced in South Africa or by the South African film industry.There may be an overlap, particularly between South African and foreign films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either South African produced or strongly associated with South African ...
Documentary films about the labor movement (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Films about the labor movement" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total.
The first trade union to organise black workers was the Industrial Workers of Africa (IWA), formed in September 1917 by the revolutionary syndicalist International Socialist League (ISL). [4] The IWA merged into the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa (ICU), formed in 1919, in 1920.
Knowing that fellow blacks in South Africa were denied even the most basic human rights - let alone the right to participate in international sports competitions - African nations refused to compete with all-white South African teams, boycotted the Olympics and created a worldwide media spectacle that forced the International Olympic Committee ...
Dick Cruikshanks as Piet Retief in the 1916 silent film, "The Voortrekkers" (or "Winning a Continent" in the USA).. The first film studio in South Africa, Killarney Film Studios, was established in 1915 in Johannesburg by American business tycoon Isidore W. Schlesinger when he traveled to South Africa against his family's wishes after he read about the discovery of gold in Witwatersrand and ...
The Industrial Workers of the World (South Africa) or IWW (SA) had a brief but notable history in the 1910s-20s, and is particularly noted for its influence on the syndicalist movement in southern Africa through its promotion of the IWW's principles of industrial unionism, solidarity, and direct action, as well as its role in the creation of organizations such as the Industrial Workers of ...
According to Rotten Tomatoes, of the 10 films that Berry has starred in since 2014, The Union is the lowest rated according to audiences.. Second lowest is Kings, which was released in 2017, and ...