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Why do we always get a day of war movies on Memorial Day, but nothing like it for Labor Day?
Movies below are in no particular order.
Note: I left documentaries off the list. I know, I know. Many great films there.
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Matewan | |
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Norma Rae | |
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Silkwood | |
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The Grapes of Wrath | |
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9 to 5 | |
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Hoffa | |
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North Country | |
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Salt of the Earth | |
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How Green Was My Valley | |
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Myrina
(12,296 posts)Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" from 1935. Based on a stories he heard from folks working Ford's auto-lines in Detroit who were (mentally) chewed up, dehumanized and spit out by the corporate machine. With a large dose of humor, of course.
ellisonz
(27,709 posts)mykpart
(3,879 posts)but I've never seen Matewan.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)I haven't actually seen it but the title is promising.
Go Vols
(5,902 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)I'd never heard about Matewan (not the movie, which came out after I left, but the historic events themselves). The violence directed against labor organizers -- often with the active assistance of state and federal governments -- is a subject we really don't hear about today.
Nikia
(11,411 posts)As a woman, I cried through probably the entire second half.
It is probably a little different than the other movies you mentioned though.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)My Advice: Quit your job and watch more television.
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)"Matewan" was also excellent, and starred one of my favorites, Mary McDonnell.