American Dream Movie Review 1989

Kopple's account of the Hormel labor strike, which devastated the small company town of Austin, Minnesota in the 1980s, makes a compelling documentary of big business versus worker demands. A mixture of interviews with major participants and location footage of the strikers and their families focuses also on the dispute between the local meatpackers and their parent union's lack of support and on the ultimately futile efforts of the union organizers.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary Films, Sociology, Labor & Unions

Cinematography

Phil Parmet

Director

Barbara Kopple

Producer

Prestige Pictures Releasing Corporation