The Museu del Calçat i de la Indústria d’Inca, in collaboration with ACIC (Friends of Cinema Association of Inca and Surroundings) and the Teatre Principal, is presenting the first Industry and Cinema Cycle. The initiative aims to foster reflection on the world of work, industry, and its social transformations through cinema.

The program includes three screenings of landmark films that, from different times and perspectives, explore the connection between labour and social change. Each session will feature an introduction and discussion led by experts, and will take place at Inca’s Teatre Principal at 8:00 p.m.

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• September 18: Modern Times (1936), by Charles Chaplin. A sharp and humorous critique of industrialisation and assembly-line labour, introduced by film critic and professor Martí Martorell.
• September 25: The Promised Land (1975), by renowned Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda. Set in Łódź, the heart of Poland’s textile industry, the film portrays unbridled capitalism, social inequality, and ruthless ambition. Historian Pere Fullana will introduce the session.
• October 2: Norma Rae (1979), by Martin Ritt. Starring Sally Field, it tells the real-life inspiring struggle of a textile worker who fights to organise a union and improve harsh working conditions. Journalist and filmmaker Constança Amengual will lead the session.

Andreu Caballero, Inca’s Councillor for Museums, emphasised the desire to “connect Inca’s industrial tradition with a broader cultural reflection.” Mayor Virgilio Moreno added that “cinema is a powerful and accessible tool to understand the roots of the labour world and debate where we want to go as a society.”

Through this initiative, the Museu del Calçat i de la Indústria opens a space for dialogue and dissemination on the past, present, and future of industry and its social consequences.