American Dream

American Dream (1990)

The award-winning film of American lives, American courage, and the...

When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.

Date of release
1990-10-06
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Barbara Kopple

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film; Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary

American Dream is a 1990 American independent documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple and co-directed by Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, and Lawrence Silk.

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