Archive: Movies

• WCP: The Working Class at the Oscars

  Portrayals of working-class people in popular culture often depend on stereotypes, yet this year's Oscar-nominated films are a pleasant exception. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Jack Metz

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Fences, Films, Hell or High Water, Hollywood, Jack Metzgar, John Russo, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Movies, Oscars, Sherry Linkon, Stereotypes, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: I, Daniel Blake and The Power of Working-Class Story Telling

  Great films about the working class have the capacity to inspire political action as well as empathy. In this week's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield explains why I, Daniel Blake (2016) is

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Austerity, Films, Great Britain, I Daniel Blake, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, United Kingdom, WCP, Welfare, Working-Class Perspectives

• WCP: The Global Working Class in Art House Cinema

  Have you already finished House of Cards, Season Four? Want to learn about working-class culture around the globe but can't travel? In today's Working-Class Perspective, Sarah Attfield recommends ei

  Category: Visiting Scholars Tags: Belgium, Cinema, Films, John Russo, Movies, Sarah Attfield, Sherry Linkon, Two Days One Night, WCP, Working-Class Perspectives