American Dream

American Dream

1990
1h 38m
7.3

7.3/10

15 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary

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

Overview

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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Status: Released

Revenue: $269,823

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Cabin Creek Films Catholic Communication Campaign Channel 4 Television
Production Countries
United Kingdom United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

strike iowa labor labor strike labor union woman director

Quick Facts

Release Date October 6, 1990
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0099028
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Cast

Key Crew

Barbara Kopple
Director
Arthur Cohn
Producer
Barbara Kopple
Producer