{"product_id":"american-dream-blu-ray","title":"American Dream [Blu-ray]","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerican Dream Blu-ray presents Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award-winning documentary chronicling one of the most significant and emotionally devastating labor strikes in modern American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet during the 1985–86 Hormel Foods strike in Austin, Minnesota, the film follows members of Local P-9 as they battle dangerous working conditions, massive wage cuts and mounting pressure from both corporate leadership and their own parent union. As the strike drags on and tensions escalate, friendships fracture, families suffer and an entire community becomes divided by desperation, violence and political conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing her landmark documentary Harlan County USA, director Barbara Kopple once again delivers an unflinching portrait of working-class America under siege. Combining intimate human stories with broader political realities, American Dream remains one of the defining labor documentaries ever made and a powerful examination of solidarity, sacrifice and the cost of survival in Reagan-era America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edirected by: Barbara Kopple\u003cbr\u003e1990 \/ 98 min \/ 1.33:1 \/ English \/ Color\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilm Info\u003cbr\u003eUnited States, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e1990\u003cbr\u003e98 minutes\u003cbr\u003eColor\u003cbr\u003e1.33:1\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003eSpine #1324\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46123281809478,"sku":null,"price":46.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/8096\/6982\/files\/file_68708504-e8f9-4747-89cb-44bf3395aeb8.jpg?v=1791341560","url":"https:\/\/peakbooks.co\/products\/american-dream-blu-ray","provider":"Peak Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}