When a 14-year-old immigrant gets a job as a house cleaner, she is faced with the perplexing habits of her American employer.

The Glove

When a 14-year-old immigrant gets a job as a house cleaner, she is faced with the perplexing habits of her American employer.

An aging, sarcastic handyman at a major Bay Area tech company faces a crisis at work and decides to confront America’s culture of disposability – not just of plastic toys and appliances, but of low-wage immigrant workers like himself.

Not Machine Enough

A handyman confronts America’s culture of disposability – not just of plastic toys and appliances, but of low-wage immigrant workers like himself.

Mong just moved to New York from China to take over the family laundry shop. Both her professional and social lives are affected when she finds out about an affair happening in the building where she works.

Chinese Laundry

Mong just moved to New York from China to take over the family laundry shop. Both her professional and social lives are affected when she finds out about an affair happening in the building where she works.

Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! is a comedy web series about the trials and tribulation of a young woman of color who struggles to do good in the whitest city in America – Portland, Oregon. She wants to change the world, but it’s not quite happening – yet. Gabby Smashes is a project from Brown Girl Decolonized productions.

Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! (Eps 1-4)

Jason gets in a Korean taxi to catch a 6:30 AM flight from JFK. To his surprise, his father is the driver. The father makes an unwelcome pit stop at a 24-hour Korean supermarket to buy snacks for Jason. When the father and son get back in the car, the car fails to start. A conversation that should have happened years ago occurs between the two men. <a href="https://koreanamericanstory.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://koreanamericanstory.org/</a>

Call Taxi

Jason gets in a Korean taxi to catch a 6:30 AM flight from JFK. To his surprise, his father is the driver.

An immigrant story of a Korean American family struggling to run a dry cleaning business in Flushing, Queens. Follow the Choi family as they confront their individual struggles, cultural clashes, and generational divide all while trying to keep their failing family business afloat. <a href="https://koreanamericanstory.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://koreanamericanstory.org/</a>

Happy Cleaners

An immigrant story of a Korean American family struggling to run a dry cleaning business in Flushing, Queens.

A snapshot of American life in the 21st century that takes aim at the neo-liberal policies of the last forty years through the lens of a millennial veteran barely staying afloat working through the gig economy. Like a ship lost atop the waves of a raging sea, he tries to find meaning in a society that only sees him as a disposable commodity. Though cynical and close to giving up, he comes to the realization through his ride share passengers that we are all struggling in our own unique ways. Only by getting past our surface-level differences can we hope to make a better existence for everyone.

The Sea Was Never Blue

A man struggling to stay afloat in the gig economy encounters passengers in his ride share vehicle on the eve of the U.S. presidential election that gives his life a new perspective.

A unique multi-award winning working class art house movie exploring solitude, sanity and suffering under the British State. As a contagion befalls Great Britain, and millions reflect upon their lives, a grieving English teacher attempts to recover the tragic-comic fragments of his shattered self as we follow him as a boy, as a youth and as a man through the cathedrals, canals and crevices of Greater Manchester.

Nobody Loves You And You Don't Deserve to Exist

A grieving ex-English teacher, rotting away on welfare benefits, takes us on a dark, surreal journey as he confronts the tragic-comic fragments of his shattered past.

All the Narratives

Donation to {{name}}

Donate

Gift Cards

These are all the passes tied to your account. Now, use our online schedule to reserve tickets. You can access your tickets via {{my_tickets_link|"My Tickets"}} or via the PDFs attached to each ticket order confirmation email. {{buy_pass_link|Looking to buy more passes?}}

These are all your purchased tickets. Open this page on your phone, and at the door tap the "Show Barcode" button and show your screen to the attendant. Prefer paper? Print the PDF attached to the order confirmation email, or click one of the gears below and select "Download tickets PDF". If purchasing multiple tickets, be sure to print or show each unique ticket barcode.

None available

Passes

Tickets are now disabled for our main Season 11 festival films.  Winners will be announced on our website (workersunitefilmfestival.org) in November, along with info on 2023 submissions.  Questions? melanie@workersuniteff.org

The Workers Unite Film Festival is a celebration of global labor solidarity, bringing together activists, academics, and filmmakers all over the world who aim to publicize the struggles, successes, and daily lives of workers. We are non-profit, based out of NYC, and in our 11th season.

Here's what's coming up soon. Can't make it? No sweat. Many live streams will be available for on-demand viewing as well.