A young boy's heart is broken as he watches his father, a coal miner, die after being severely beaten by anti-union thugs. The boy grows up and becomes a steelworker with his own family to love and support. He now faces his own battles with Pinkertons, armed thugs who are ordered to destroy the union, by any means necessary. A fiery battle ensues, and countless men are  injured or killed. Based on a true event in 1892 Pittsburgh. 

When a self-absorbed seamstress witnesses the Haymarket massacre and its aftermath, she overcomes her isolation and joins her radical friend in challenging capitalists who exploit workers. A tragedy at a textile mill transforms her into a leader on the national stage when she then unsuccessfully tries to prevent a disaster for mineworkers. Will this break her spirit?
Inspired by the life of Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones).

In 1930s El Paso, Texas, when a bored, strong-willed Mexican-American maid, who has befriended a lonely withdrawn Swedish-American maid, loses her job for being assertive, she joins  a fledgling domestic workers union. Town fathers have her illegally jailed with plans for her deportation, even though she's a citizen. She and her friend devise a plan that may save her from deportation and could set both of them on bold new paths.
Inspired by true events.

In 2013 Honduras, a prideful sister and a defensive brother must heal their relationship.  They and their parents are fleeing to America from the cartel, but the struggle between the siblings adds to the obstacles they have to overcome:  first, in their perilous journey to America, and next, during their capture by Texan vigilantes.
Fictionalized account of real events.

The only Native American employed by the 1950s Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC is killed in a hit-and-run. Is it murder?  His bright but timid secretary is determined to find out.  She joins forces with a crusty reporter, and despite clashes between them, they discover clues which  lead them to a man from the Navajo Nation (Diné lands). The secretary is forced to journey across the country alone to investigate, even though she is now being threatened by a man who hides his identity with a low slung fisherman's hat.
Inspired by the U.S. government’s termination policies of the 1950s.

In 1980s Arizona, a woman truck driver discovers two runaways, a sister and brother, hiding behind a truck stop. Slowly she gains their trust and agrees to get them to safety with a distant family member. Suddenly she learns she is being pursued not only by the FBI for kidnapping -  but by her ex-husband seeking vengeance for his recent imprisonment, which he blames on her.

In 1980s Texas, a lonely prejudiced woman unleashes the KKK on a Vietnamese family that moves next door to her.  As the Klan’s violence toward the family escalates, the woman's hatred of this family fades.  As she tries to call off the attacks, she becomes a target of the Klan herself, but meanwhile, the family finds out she was the one who initiated the attacks on them.  Will she - and the family - survive?
Inspired by true events.