Convoy (1978)
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine
Runtime: 110 min
After the incident with the police in Arizona, a group of truck drivers flee across the state border to New Mexico, where they are joined by a large number of colleagues in support and solidarity. Truckers form a protest convoy that succeeds in drawing attention to the police harassment and other problems they face. The movie was made during the peak of independent truckers culture in the United States. After the film’s release, thousands of independent truck drivers went on strike and participated in violent protests during the 1979 energy crisis.
You can download this film or watch it online.
Related posts:
Punishment Park
Punishment Park (1971)
Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano
Runtime: 88 min
Punishment Park is a dystopi...
Walker
Walker (1987)
Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Ed Harris
Runtime: 94 min
William Walker was US adventurer and mercenary who (among other things) organize...
Slacker
Slacker (1991)
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Louis Black, Abra Moore, Kim Krizan
Runtime: 105 min
This movie follows the everyday life of inh...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Director: Milos Forman
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Michael Berryman
Runtime: 133 min
Murphy, a ...