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American Dream
“The award-winning film of American lives, American courage, and the...”
7.3 / 10• 1990• 1h 38m•PG-13• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Barbara Kopple's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. American Dream is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
