American Dream
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Originally produced as motion picture by Cabin Creek Films in 1990.
Documentary.
Special features include Children of the night, an Arthur Cohn production, with an introduction by Marion Wiesel.
In this Academy Award winner for best documentary in 1991, the true-life story of the 1985-1986 workers' strike against Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota is documented from beginning to end. When Geo. A. Hormel & Company made $2 million in profits, then cut its workers' salaries by $2.00 an hour each, the workers had only one option: Go out on strike.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround sound.
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SERIES
Children of the night (Motion picture)
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [200-?]
Year Published:
Description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0788850431 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kopple, Barbara.
Cohn, Arthur.
Miramax Films.
Prestige (Firm)
Cabin Creek Films.
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Video (Firm)
SUBJECTS
Geo. A. Hormel & Company.
United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers. -- Local 9 (Austin, Minn.)
Geo. A. Hormel and Company Strike, Austin, Minn., 1985-1986.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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