{"product_id":"american-dream-1990-criterion","title":"AMERICAN DREAM (1990 CRITERION)","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"tagline\"\u003eThe award-winning film of American lives, American courage, and the…\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Barbara Kopple's American Dream details the tumultuous 1985–86 labor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota. Fed up with dangerous plant conditions and drastic wage cuts, Austin's Local P-9 went against the advice of its parent union and, aided by an activist campaign to damage the meatpacking giant's reputation, conducted a nearly yearlong walkout. But as the strike dragged on, some workers found themselves desperate enough to cross the picket line, dividing a community already roiled by blockades, riots, and the intervention of the National Guard. Following up her landmark documentary Harlan County USA with another uncompromising report from the trenches of working-class America, Kopple captures the human and political costs of one of the most significant setbacks to organized labor amid the unchecked corporatism of the Reagan era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features and Technical Specs:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNEW4K RESTORATION\u003c\/b\u003e, supervised and approved by director Barbara Kopple, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 1992 with Kopple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film programmer Thom Powers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CRITERION COLLECTION","offers":[{"title":"BLU-RAY","offer_id":49148238823643,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/6379\/4395\/files\/412951_front.jpg?v=1786916702","url":"https:\/\/baystvideo.com\/products\/american-dream-1990-criterion","provider":"Bay Street Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}