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Adam McKay Joins Amazon Workers-Rights Documentary ‘Union’ as Executive Producer (EXCLUSIVE)
Adam McKay will serve as an executive producer on 'Union,' a documentary about the workers rights movement at Amazon that premiered in Sundance.
The film won the special jury prize in U.S. competition at the festival and received rave reviews for its look at the efforts of a group of warehouse workers to launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island. McKay first came to prominence as the head writer on “Saturday Night Live” before going on to direct comedy classics like “Step Brothers” and “Anchorman.” He then applied his satirical take to more serious subjects, tackling climate change (“Don’t Look Up”), the 2007 housing market collapse (“The Big Short”) and the life and career of Dick Cheney (“Veep”). His keen understanding of socio-economic issues and righteous anger towards systemic injustice makes him a perfect fit for our film about a group of ordinary people taking on one of the most powerful companies in the world.”
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