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Barbara Kopple discusses her documentary "American Dream"

BROADCAST: Mar. 20, 1992 | DURATION: 00:50:33

Synopsis

Academy Award winning documentarian Barbara Kopple talks with Studs about her documentary "American Dream" and the battle fought and lost by union workers in Austin, Minnesota during the mid-80s. They set the backdrop in the small, tight-knit community that Hormel Foods had such a profound impact on, how the UFCW international union declined to support the local union, the gripping dynamics between family members who crossed picket lines, and the healing that occurred when the film was screened in the town several years later. Studs plays excerpts of interviews with union organizers Jim Guyette and Lewie Anderson adding context and perspective.

Details

Broadcast Date
Mar. 20, 1992

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in., 1 sound tape reel (ca. 55 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
50 minutes, 33 seconds

Digital Format
WAV, WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum, The Chicago History Museum

Language
English, English

Topics

Working, Labor, Economy American History & Politics Community Activism & Social Reform Feminism, Women, Women's Studies Film Journalism & Broadcasting Working, Labor, Economy American History & Politics Community Activism & Social Reform Feminism, Women, Women's Studies Film Journalism & Broadcasting

People

Workers

Tags

Kopple, Barbara--Interviews Geo. A. Hormel & Company Strike, Austin, Minn., 1985-1986. Strikes and lockouts--Packing-house workers--Minnesota. Agricultural laborers--Labor unions. Industrial relations Documentary films--Production and direction. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes. Radio programs Kopple, Barbara American dream (Motion picture : 1990) Harlan County USA (Motion picture) Academy Awards (Motion pictures) Rogers, Ray, 1944- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Agricultural industries--United States. Labor unions--United States Kopple, Barbara--Interviews Geo. A. Hormel & Company Strike, Austin, Minn., 1985-1986. Strikes and lockouts--Packing-house workers--Minnesota. Agricultural laborers--Labor unions. Industrial relations Documentary films--Production and direction. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes. Radio programs. Kopple, Barbara American dream (Motion picture : 1990) Harlan County USA (Motion picture) Academy Awards (Motion pictures) Rogers, Ray, 1944- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Agricultural industries--United States. Labor unions--United States

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