Fredrik Gertten | 2009

Sweden | 87 min | English, Spanish with English subtitles |

The workers of a Nicaraguan banana plantation embark on a legal battle against the Dole Food Company over cases of sterility caused by the pesticide DBCP.

An Ethiopian Coffee Union manager as he travels the world to obtain a better price for his workers’ coffee beans.

A filmmaker connects the materials used in mobile phones to illegal mines in the DRC using child labour.

Ken Loach | 2001

France, Germany, Italy... | 112 min | English, Spanish with English subtitles |

Two Latina sisters work as cleaners in a downtown office building, and fight for the right to unionize.

Jérôme le Maire | 2016

Belgium, France, Switzerland | 85 min | 12+ years | French with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

A drama about life and death, following members of a surgical unit in one of Paris’ busiest hospitals.

Katja Gauriloff | 2012

Finland, France, Ireland... | 81 min | 12+ years | English, Finnish with English subtitles |

A round-the-world trip to find the ingredients for one can of pasta, stopping off in the lives of the workers and their dreams along the journey.

An Indian mother tries to hold her child’s traffickers to account

Benthe Forrer | 2016

Netherlands | 90 min | 12+ years | English, Dutch, French... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF17

When three journalists uncover the links between the West’s favourite chocolate bars and child slavery in Africa, they try to change the system – one chocolate bar at a time.

A coming of age story about immigration and community struggle

What does it take to go against a multinational?

Is aid money there to help small-scale farmers get better access to chemical free technologies or is it simply to expand the market reach of large corporations?

An intrepid group of Florida farmworkers battle to defeat the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their ingenious Fair Food program.

A film that lifts the veil on America’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanised underbelly that’s been hidden from the consumer with the consent of government regulatory agencies.

Shannon Service, Jeffrey Waldron | 2018

United States | 90 min | 15+ years | English, Indonesian, Khmer... with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF19

What does modern-day slavery look like, and are we complicit in perpetuating it?
Patima Tungpuchayakul is a Bangkok-based activist who has committed her life to rescuing fishermen who have been trafficked into slavery on Thai fishing boats. Fighting death threats, corruption and complacency, Patima and her small team have vowed to free these men and help them obtain justice.

Mesmerising, tactile, and laden with visual poetry, The Golden Thread captures the last vestiges of the jute industry in Kolkata, India: where a few mills have been weaving this sustainable […]

Oxfam | 2018

United Kingdom | 3 min | 8+ years | Vietnamese with English subtitles |

Lan works long hours in a factory in Vietnam producing shoes 1200 pairs a day, but doesn’t earn enough to buy one pair for her son.

A stunning archive documentary that looks for the roots of the climate crisis in Scotland’s post-war history.

Rubaiyat Hossain | 2019

Bangladesh, Denmark, France... | 95 min | 12+ years | Bengali with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF20

A young Bangladeshi garment worker discovers the power of activism on a journey towards collective liberation and empowerment.