Documentary backdrop image for Mayday! May day! Mayday! (2022)

Documentary backdrop image for Mayday! May day! Mayday! (2022)

202266 minPG-13documentary

9.0/ 10

Mayday! May day! Mayday!

202266 minPG-13documentary

9.0/ 10

Five years into their strike, workers continue to struggle to make ends meet, with Deni Purba selling used clothes after his release from prison.

Genres

Director

Synopsis

Five years into their strike, workers continue to struggle to make ends meet, with Deni Purba selling used clothes after his release from prison.

People

Yonri Revoltdirector

Synopsis

Deni Purba sells used clothes in a bustling market after his release from prison. He is one of many workers involved in a five-year strike, struggling to make ends meet. Steven Yawan continues to voice his demands in the capital, advocating for workers' rights. Musyawir, a coffee expert, recounts the brutal actions that marked the beginning of the strike. The film captures their ongoing fight for justice and survival amid challenging circumstances.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Pig Feast (2026)

Pig Feast

2026•1h35m•★7.3TMDB

1,800 red crosses have been planted by indigenous groups in South Papua as a form of resistance against government land exploitation for industrial projects.

The Indonesians' Fight to Reinstate Megawati (2007)

The Indonesians' Fight to Reinstate Megawati

Supporters of Megawati Sukarnoputri occupy the Indonesian Democratic Party's headquarters in Jakarta, demanding her reinstatement by parliament after more than a month.

The Indonesians' Fight to Reinstate Megawati

Struggle Street (2023)

Struggle Street

More than one in three young people in Mount Druitt are unemployed, facing daily struggles in a community marked by poverty and social disadvantage.

Struggle Street

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis (2026)

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis

In inner-city Sydney, conservative journalist Caleb Bond, along with retail worker Julie Goodwin and NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong, confronts the harsh realities of low-paying jobs and the struggle to escape poverty in Australia's challenging job market.

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis

Starving to Death to Have Their Voices Heard (2018)

Starving to Death to Have Their Voices Heard

Young Turkish hunger strikers, facing extreme state repression, resort to fasting as a desperate protest for political integrity and social change.

Starving to Death to Have Their Voices Heard

The Most Dangerous Workers Strike in American History (2026)

The Most Dangerous Workers Strike in American History

A letter from Pittston Coal Company in February 1988 announced the termination of health benefits for miners, igniting a major strike by the United Mine Workers Association.

The Most Dangerous Workers Strike in American History

Finding and maintaining work in Australia (2024)

Finding and maintaining work in Australia

Three prominent Australians experience life on welfare for six days, confronting the challenges of survival on a low income in a struggling job market.

Finding and maintaining work in Australia

The Fight for Fair Pay (2023)

The Fight for Fair Pay

Workers like DJ, Jose, Elizabeth, and Percy confront challenges in their fight for fair wages and improved living conditions amid ongoing union activities.

The Fight for Fair Pay

The Stories Of The Bali Nine On Death Row In Indonesia (2016)

The Stories Of The Bali Nine On Death Row In Indonesia

Three Australians on death row in Bali share their stories and experiences for the first time, revealing life inside a prison known as a hellhole.

The Stories Of The Bali Nine On Death Row In Indonesia

Explore Mayday! May day! Mayday!

Where else to watch

The Take (2004)

The Take

2004•1h27m•★7.8TMDB

Thirty unemployed ceramics workers occupy their factory in suburban Buenos Aires, demanding the reactivation of machines that once provided their livelihoods.

Workingman's Death (2015)

Workingman's Death

2015•2h2m•★7.0TMDB

Workers in Ukraine face dangerous conditions in illegal mines, while Indonesia's sulphur miners endure extreme challenges in their daily labor.

Workingman's Death

It's in the Game: Madden NFL (2024)

It's in the Game: Madden NFL

2024•1h25m•★9.0TMDB

Thirty-six years after its initial release, EA SPORTS provides access to the creators of the Madden NFL video game, a brand that became a global phenomenon.

It's in the Game: Madden NFL

We the Workers (2017)

We the Workers

2017•2h54m•★6.4TMDB

Filmmaker Wen Hai documents the lives of workers and activists in southern China over six years, revealing their struggles against exploitation.

The Hand That Feeds (2014)

The Hand That Feeds

2014•1h28m•★4.7TMDB

In January 2012, sandwich maker Mahoma López led his co-workers to form an independent union while facing the threat of deportation and job loss.

The Hand That Feeds

Browse more like this

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis (2026)

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis

In inner-city Sydney, conservative journalist Caleb Bond, along with retail worker Julie Goodwin and NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong, confronts the harsh realities of low-paying jobs and the struggle to escape poverty in Australia's challenging job market.

Working Full-Time But Still Poor: Australia's Cost of Living Crisis

No digital watch option in your country

Finding and maintaining work in Australia (2024)

Finding and maintaining work in Australia

Three prominent Australians experience life on welfare for six days, confronting the challenges of survival on a low income in a struggling job market.

Finding and maintaining work in Australia

No digital watch option in your country

The Globalisation Tapes (2003)

The Globalisation Tapes

2003•1h11m•★6.7TMDB

Indonesian workers on rubber and palm oil plantations discuss their struggles against militarism, Third World debt, and the roles of the IMF and World Bank.

The Globalisation Tapes

For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled (1980)

For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled

1980•52m•★7.0TMDB

A former electrical worker produces and distributes an underground workers’ rights newspaper in his factory, resulting in his termination.

For the War to End, the Walls Should Have Crumbled

El Rostro de la Dignidad. Memoria del M.T.D. de Solano (2002)

El Rostro de la Dignidad. Memoria del M.T.D. de Solano

2002•59m•★8.0TMDB

Since 1997, unemployed workers in Argentina have used roadblocks to demand decent work and income from the state.

El Rostro de la Dignidad. Memoria del M.T.D. de Solano

406 Days: The Debenhams Picket Line (2023)

406 Days: The Debenhams Picket Line

2023•1h31m•★5.0TMDB

Nearly 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers received an email on April 9, 2020, informing them that their jobs had been terminated, sparking a lengthy industrial dispute.

406 Days: The Debenhams Picket Line

Se rompe o se raja (2019)

Se rompe o se raja

Ten days of paralysis and union struggle in October 2018 stemmed from a long-standing conflict over inadequate working conditions for public transport workers.

Se rompe o se raja

Browse more by Yonri Revolt

View all films →

The Silent Path (2024)

The Silent Path

2024

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →