On the purple trains that run through the rapeseed fields of Skåne, anger is growing. The train company is planning yet another cutback. But this time the train staff are ready to back each other! For decades, companies have competed to win lucrative public procurement contracts to run Sweden's railways. This competition has led to the deteriorating work conditions for employees, as companies seek to establish a competitive advantage over one another. The short documentary, Segertåget (“Victory Train”), follows train drivers and train conductors who, between work shifts and the online meetings of the pandemic, organize themselves in a fight for justice and better working conditions. A story of perseverance and solidarity in a time of constant deterioration.

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Victory Train

On the purple trains that run through the rapeseed fields of Skåne, anger is growing. The train company is planning yet another cutback. But this time the train staff are ready to back each other!

In 1978, in Huron Park, Ontario, the women of Fleck Manufacturing walked off of the job and into the history books. Fighting for better wages, safer working conditions, and union security, the strikers embarked on what would become a pivotal strike for both feminism and the labour movement. For five months the strikers faced backlash and police violence, but they also forged new alliances and built community. “They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images” amplifies the voices of these women as they tell their story of struggle, solidarity, and sisterhood.

They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images

“They Called It The Butcher Shop: The Fleck Strike In Images” amplifies the voices of the women of Fleck Manufacturing in 1978 as they tell their story of struggle, solidarity, and sisterhood.

The electric vehicle industry is booming in the American South, so much so that the region has earned the nickname the “Battery Belt”.&nbsp; But why are producers setting up shop in states such as Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee? In part, the trend stems from a historic lack of union representation there. But workers - and labor organizers - have noticed. And they are starting to push back. How this emerging dynamic plays out could transform the future of American industry.

Motown South: Organized Labor in the Battery Belt

Electric vehicle producers are setting up shop in states such as Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee - but why?

A Black woman working as a sous-chef navigates toxic restaurant culture and her wavering mental health, until a chance encounter changes her.

NOLA

A Black woman working as a sous-chef navigates toxic restaurant culture and her wavering mental health, until a chance encounter changes her.

Manuela suffers from a lung disease that forces her to wear a respirator to provide her with oxygen. She’s socially isolated and manages her internal rage by drawing comics. One day, her apartment complex hires a new janitor: Hakim, a penniless immigrant whom Manuela befriends.---Manuela sufre una enfermedad pulmonar que le obliga a llevar un respirador para proporcionarle oxígeno. No tiene amigos, vive enfadada con el mundo y pasa el tiempo dibujando cómics. Un día, en la urbanización en la que vive contratan a un nuevo conserje: Hakim, un inmigrante sin dinero que le enseñará una visión más positiva de la vida.

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Manuela is socially isolated and manages her internal rage by drawing comics. One day she makes a new friend...

Disgruntled graduate students disrupt two hundred years of peaceful exploitation by going on strike. The university administration hires private investigators, security, and a full surveillance package to keep the campus safe. Is this 2025 or 1925?

Union and University

Disgruntled graduate students disrupt two hundred years of peaceful exploitation by going on strike. The university administration hires private investigators, security, and a full surveillance package to keep the campus safe. Is this 2025 or 1925?

Fatimetu Bucharaya is a Sahrawi woman who in 2019 founded SMAWT, a voluntary women's association dedicated to the detection of anti-personnel mines in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria). This documentary chronicles the group’s work and the challenges they face within a complex political backdrop.---Fatimetu Bucharaya es una mujer saharaui que en 2019 fundó SMAWT, una asociación de mujeres voluntarias dedicadas a la detección de minas antipersonas en los campamentos de población refugiada saharaui en Tinduf (Argelia).

Dissonance

Fatimetu Bucharaya is a Sahrawi woman who in 2019 founded SMAWT, a voluntary women's association dedicated to the detection of anti-personnel mines in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria). This documentary chronicles the group’s work and the challenges they face within a complex political backdrop.

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