American Dream 1990

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

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PG-13
Documentary

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.

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Release Date 1990-10-06
Runtime 1h 38m
Directors Barbara Kopple, Thomas Haneke, Mathieu Roberts, Cathy Caplan, Kevin Keating, Peter Gilbert, Hart Perry, Lawrence Silk, Mark Petersson
Producers Barbara Kopple, Arthur Cohn
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