Description |
1 DVD (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
System Details |
DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; NTSC. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Peter Gilbert, Kevin Keating, Hart Perry ... [et al.] ; editors, Cathy Caplan, Tom Haneke, Lawrence Silk ; music, Michael Small. |
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American dream: Originally produced as documentary in 1990 ; Children of the night: Originally produced as a documentary in 2002. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for momentary strong language. |
Awards |
Academy Awards, 1991: Best Documentary, Features (Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn) |
Summary |
American dream: After President Ronald Reagan broke the air traffic controllers' strike in 1981, American corporations declared open season on organized labor. This Academy Award winner for best documentary in 1991 presents the true-life story of the 1985-1986 workers' strike against Geo. A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota. 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. This film is documents the workers efforts to retain these middle-class, blue-collar jobs from beginning to end. |
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Children of the night: "More than a million Jewish children died in the Holocaust. This brief film is the result of a world-wide search for archival material showing some of these children. The footage we discovered - in the U.S.A., Israel, Britain, France and Germany - was often in extremely poor condition and always silent. It reveals the barest trace of what was lost"--Title screen. |
Contents |
"Hell of a mess" -- Hard times in Hormel -- "Labor Fights!" -- Union friction -- On the road -- "Get the gloves on" -- Negotiations -- "They're not givin' in" -- Scabs incoming -- Calling in the Guard -- Spreading the picket -- Priorities -- "Settle it" -- Moving on -- End credits. |
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Special features include: intro to 'Children of the Night' with Marion Wiesel (3 min.); Children of the night (18 min.), an Arthur Cohn production ; written and narrated by Marion Wiesel ; directed by Jolanta Dylewska ; editing, Miroslawa Garlicka, Malgrozata Orlowska; sneak peeks [trailers]. |
Language |
In English with optional English captions for the hearing impaired; closed captioned. |
Subject |
Geo. A. Hormel & Company.
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Geo. A. Hormel & Company. |
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United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers. Local 9 (Austin, Minn.)
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United Packinghouse, Food, and Allied Workers. Local 9 (Austin, Minn.) |
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Geo. A. Hormel & Company Strike, Austin, Minn., 1985-1986.
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Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Austin.
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Labor unions. |
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Minnesota -- Austin. |
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Strikes and lockouts -- Meat industry.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Meat industry. |
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Labor unions -- History -- Case studies.
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Working class -- History -- Case studies.
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Working class. |
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Industrial relations -- History -- Case studies.
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Industrial relations. |
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Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History.
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Strikes and lockouts. |
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United States. |
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Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Packing-house workers -- Labor unions. |
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Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Austin -- History.
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Jewish children in the Holocaust.
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Jewish children in the Holocaust. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
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World War (1939-1945) |
Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Case studies.
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Added Author |
Kopple, Barbara, producer, director.
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Cohn, Arthur, 1928- producer.
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Wiesel, Marion.
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Miramax Films.
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Prestige (Firm)
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Cabin Creek Films.
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Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Buena Vista Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Children of the night.
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ISBN |
0788850431 |
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9780788850431 |
Standard No. |
786936232721 |
Music No. |
33359 Miramax Home Entertainment |