Books and films

Books and films

Books and films that help us understand collective action.

2

  1. Aro berria / A New Era

    2025 Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe Spain Drama; Experimental Cinema; Worker Activism; Communal Living; Anti-Capitalism; Gender and Power

    With ecstatic sequences reminiscent of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain, this complex portrait of new-age commune life is a striking feature debut. It’s 1978, and Spanish society is struggling to find a post-dictatorship identity in the wake of Franco’s death.

    Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe Spain Labor history Politics and labor
    ↗

  2. Ken Loach: The Art of Activism

    2023 Pierre Chassagnieux France Documentary; Working-Class Cinema; Labor Politics; Social Justice; Anti-Neoliberalism

    Two times winner of the Palme d'Or, Ken Loach is one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers. This documentary shows in a punk and rebellious tone how Loach uses cinema as a political tool that allows to advocate for the advent of a more just society, by raising viewers' awareness.

    Pierre Chassagnieux United Kingdom France Media and culture
    ↗