Substitute (2019)

La industria textil fue uno de los motores de la Revolución Industrial del siglo XIX. Muchos de los trabajadores que contribuyeron a impulsarla con su mano de obra fueron las víctimas de condiciones laborales infrahumanas que ahora nos podrían parecer que son cosa del pasado, pero que por desgracia continúan siendo muy actuales. Y así nos lo quiere recordar The True Cost, un documental que nos alerta sobre la situación del sector textil y para cuya elaboración se ha buscado financiación en Kickstarter. Un total de 903 patrocinadores han contribuido para lograr recaudar 76.546$.

Un ovillo de lana llamado Purl consigue trabajo en una empresa emergente dominada por hombres y con un ritmo de trabajo frenético. El corto cuenta cómo intenta encajar en un grupo tan cerrado. Purl tendrá que preguntarse hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar para conseguir la aceptación que tanto ansía, pero, al final, ¿merecerá la pena?

This award winning, 1974 film by Yilmaz Güney, the legend of Turkish Cinema, tells the story of Cevher and his family and their daily struggles as seasonal workers in the cotton fields of Southern Turkey. Cevher depends on the family earnings from the fields to pay blood money for a murder one of his relatives committed. ANXIETY documents and criticizes the feudal traditions, corruption and inhumane working conditions, while the workers are coming to terms with the machines that are rapidly modernizing the landscape.

After a hard day at work, Mr. Prokouk decides to invent a machine to ease his labor. But inventing is work too, and Mr. Prokouk spends more time dreaming about inventions than actually inventing anything. Can he find an easy solution?

In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. This documentary follows three immigrant families who are rising up to seek justice and equality in an industry rife with exploitation.

Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.

In Buenos Aires a group of acclaimed dancers create the first Contemporary National Company of Dance under their collective leadership. This is the story of four talented dancers, Ernesto, Bettina, Victoria and Pablo, along six years of their journey. We follow their lives, we attend their rehearsals and performances in the emblematic building of the National Library, along with their premiere and backstage in the historical National Theatre of Cervantes. They expose their dreams as dancers, individuals and members of our society, as we observe the fulfilment of their biggest dream: the demand of a National Dance Law. Amazing choreographies, beautiful folklore songs and original Latin-American contemporary music reveal the beauty of dance becoming life.

A documentary about the dockworkers in Gothenburg, and the future of the shipping industry in the city.

Women workers stand up to the toxic flower industry in Colombia.