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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
| Production Credits |
Cinematography, Peter Gilbert, Kevin Keating, Hart Perry ... [et al.] ; editors, Cathy Caplan, Tom Haneke, Lawrence Silk ; music, Michael Small. |
| Note |
American dream: Originally produced as documentary in 1990 ; Children of the night: Originally produced as a documentary in 2002. |
| 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]. |
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DVD; region 1; Dolby Digital surround sound; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; NTSC. |
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MPAA rating: PG-13; for momentary strong language. |
| Award |
Academy Awards, 1991: Best Documentary, Features (Barbara Kopple and Arthur Cohn) |
| Summary |
American dream: After President Ronald Regan 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. |
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Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson. |
| Language |
In English with optional English captions for the hearing impaired; closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Geo. A. Hormel & Company.
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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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Strikes and lockouts -- Meat industry.
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Labor unions -- History -- Case studies.
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Working class -- History -- Case studies.
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Industrial relations -- History -- Case studies.
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Strikes and lockouts -- United States -- History.
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Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Packing-house workers -- Labor unions -- Minnesota -- Austin -- History.
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Food industry and trade -- Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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DVD-Video discs.
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| Alt 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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| Alt Title |
Children of the night.
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| ISBN |
0788850431 |
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9780788850431 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
786936232721 |
| Music # |
33359 |
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