Unemployment Movies

Tony Buba, a film maker from Braddock, Pennsylvania, tells the story of his hometown's decline (along with the rest of the steel mill towns along the...

With the energy of the dying, those in power apply themselves to reasserting the value of work – with force, if need be. But more and more...

Four friends have their interpersonal and professional lives fall apart across a day of smoking weed.

David Cole is a twenty-something man trying to make ends meet. His wannabe actor roommate Steve isn't making things any easier for him. But when a...

Bill Moyers tells the story of several hardworking Milwaukee families struggling with low-paying jobs after previous employers downsized their...

Mariusz lives in a cramped apartment in an old tenement with his mother, who suffers from depression and has not left the house for two years. The...

SFRJ is officially a place where everyone have a job and a house. The story follows hard labored workers who can't find a job, who bathe in public...

As the unemployed Frank is sinking into depression, his son's naive but optimistic twist on the situation could be Frank's way out.

In an office, a row of desks, with people facing each other. This is where unemployed people come to meet with their supervisors. At stake: their...

It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter to the Mid Summer wedding festivities.

Sylvain, an Afghan veteran living off of petty crime, crosses paths with Nathalie, an upper-class CEO struggling to keep her lawnmower company afloat.

Davor is an IT technician who sees the solution to his troubles in going to Canada. On the same day he receives an email that his work visa has been...

A family tragedy during the recession of 2008, catalyzed by unemployment, personal crisis, and illness.

Ainhoa is 8 years old and has left home with her school bag, a Playmobil figure and a secret plan.

Youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many sub-Saharan African countries, including Uganda, Kenneth is a young Ugandan writer who has this...

When a young couple in Vienna suddenly find themselves unemployed, they open a little restaurant near a local soccer place. Soon they have to find...

Unemployment at an early age and the problems that arise from it.

the story of a young boy who must go to the store by himself for the first time. Things get complicated when the 140 Dram his mother gave him for...

The UCS struggle is a campaign film supporting the fight to retain their jobs by the workers at Upper Clyde Shipyards who developed a new weapon for...