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Which Side Are You On? Oscar Contender ‘Union’ Chronicles A Yearlong Struggle At Amazon Warehouse
'Union' documents the Amazon labor organizing movement in Staten Island, New York -- an Oscar-contending film from Brett Story and Stephen Maing.
As the Amazon Workers Union began to take shape, documentary producers Mars Verrone ( Golden Voice) and Samantha Curley ( Framing Agnes) sensed a compelling narrative, especially in light of a groundswell of labor movements happening in other sectors across the country. They reached out to Smalls about documenting the progress of AWU, and then contacted filmmaker Brett Story( The Hottest August; The Prison in Twelve Landscapes), who’s 2017 short CamperForce, which she made with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder, profiles a selection of seasonal Amazon workers. Many legendary documentarians — Barbara Kopple; Julia Reichert, in concert with both Jim Klein and Steven Bognar; George Stoney, et al – have chronicled labor movements, capturing the against-the-odds struggles, the internal tensions, and the challenges of sustaining a long-haul energy and high morale.
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