With These Hands: The Story of an American Furniture Factory

East of Walbrzych

January 2004 •French

Kainai

January 1973 •English

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western plains, the Bloods live on a 1 300-square-kilometer reserve. Many have lacked gainful employment and now pin their hopes on a pre-fab factory they have built. Will the production line and work and wages fit into their cultural pattern of life? The film shows how it is working and what the owners themselves say about their venture.

Jobs for All!

April 2021 •Swedish

A highly choreographed review of the Industrial Age as we know it today – an intense and playful roller coaster ride that demands the viewer confronts how “work works.” Culled entirely from archival footage, the film unfolds in the filmmakers’ trademark, and humorously critical, cinematic voices.

Steel - Variations on a Theme

April 1960 •German

Bathtubs Over Broadway

April 2018 •English

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.

Un sale métier

May 2015 •French

Eine Schauspielerin versucht zu weinen

May 2007 •German

Afganistanbul

May 2018 •Turkish

Decision for Chemistry

March 1954 •English

Surveys the role of chemistry in American life and the central role of the people, products, and plants of Monsanto.

High Tide in Newfoundland

January 1955 •English

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

June 2004 •Chinese

A detailed look at the gradual decline of Shenyang’s industrial Tiexi district, an area that was once a vibrant example of China’s socialist economy. But industry is changing, and the factories of Tiexi are closing. Director Wang Bing introduces us to some of the workers affected by the closures, and to their families.

Company Town

October 2020 •English

A Canadian union and workers in a GM plant mobilize to save it in what will become the fight of their lives.

Stranded in Prescot

January 1932 •English

Brilliant documentary showing how British Insulated Cables can electrify your home!

The Happy Worker - Or How Work Was Sabotaged

May 2022 •English

Our premise is that work has become an act of self-sabotage. Empty corporate jargon, ever-changing management fashions and self-serving bureaucracy masquerading as efficiency hijacked the purpose of work. Creative documentary The Happy Worker will show how we got to this point and the very human behavior that led us here. We want to show how this unhealthy system is maintained and what keeps us from calling bullshit.

Weg vom Fenster - Leben nach dem Burnout

January 2017 •German

A Century of Energy

June 2015 •Portuguese

Manoel de Oliveira's final work revisits one of his earliest films and celebrates a century of industrialization in Portugal.

Tiny Things

May 2024 •Hungarian

The life and work of a retired model maker.

Green Careers in Supply Chain Management

January 2009 •English

A ten minute video exploring green careers in supply chain management produced by The Van Horne Institute featuring speakers and interviews.

Collective Monologue

January 2025 •Spanish

Intimate and fragmented moments unfold in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina. As histories of these institutions are uncovered, dedicated workers commit both day and night to caring for the remaining enclosed animals, fostering a mutual bond that transcends imagined boundaries between human and animal.

The Problems of Work

January 2010 •English

Life is composed of seven-tenths work, one-tenth familial, one-tenth political and one-tenth relaxation. Here, the, is Scientology applied to that crucial seven-tenths of existence. Based on L. Ron Hubbard's book, The Problems of Work: Scientology Applied to the Workaday World, here is a visual presentation of the landmark discoveries contained in the book for immediate application. The Problems of Work contains the senior principles and laws which applie to every endeavor, every problem of work. For they are the discoveries which lay beare the core of these problems and explain the very fabric of life itself. Contained within this film is not only technology to bring stability to the workplace, but the magic processes to return joy itself to all of life. For this is Scientology.