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American Dream
1990 · Barbara Kopple · 1h 38m
- Oscar Winner 1991
- Sundance Grand Jury Prize 1991
- Sundance Audience Award 1991
- IDA Distinguished Documentary Achievement 1991
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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