American Dream (1990)
- Directed by
- Barbara Kopple
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows union workers in a small American town as they go on strike against the Hormel food company in the mid-1980s. It shows the personal and community struggles that arise when the strike fails.
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What happens
American Dream is a 1990 American independent documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple and co-directed by Cathy Caplan, Thomas Haneke, and Lawrence Silk. The film recounts the unsuccessful 1985–86 Hormel strike in the heartland of the United States against the Hormel Foods corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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