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Cast

Crew

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

Director

Mark Stuart Lane

Mark Stuart Lane

Production Design

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

Sound Recordist

Cathy Caplan

Cathy Caplan

Co-Director

Donald Klocek

Donald Klocek

Sound Editor

Al Nahmias

Al Nahmias

Sound Editor

Lawrence Silk

Lawrence Silk

Co-Director

Peter Gilbert

Peter Gilbert

Director of Photography

Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

Producer

Thomas Haneke

Thomas Haneke

Co-Director

Arthur Cohn

Arthur Cohn

Producer

Mark Petersson

Mark Petersson

Director of Photography

Lawrence Silk

Lawrence Silk

Editor

Thomas Haneke

Thomas Haneke

Editor

Cathy Caplan

Cathy Caplan

Editor

Mathieu Roberts

Mathieu Roberts

Director of Photography

Kevin Keating

Kevin Keating

Director of Photography

Lee Dichter

Lee Dichter

Sound Mixer

Michael Small

Michael Small

Original Music Composer

Hart Perry

Hart Perry

Director of Photography

Newton Thomas Sigel

Newton Thomas Sigel

Additional Director of Photography

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American Dream

19907.2 / 1098 min
Documentary

Overview

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

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.