{"title":"Barbara Kopple","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"harlan-county-usa","title":"Harlan County USA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBarbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarlan County USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eunflinchingly documents a coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecaptured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ewith strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. With a haunting soundtrack—featuring legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDickens, Merle Travis, David Morris, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Florence Reece—the film is a heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ebreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"4K+BLU-RAY","offer_id":57874101600587,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Lk8Sa5UovIPEu6goCfQviBWs0ch3iP_original.jpg?v=1784140730"},{"product_id":"american-dream-1","title":"American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWinner of the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Barbara Kopple’s \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dream \u003c\/i\u003edetails the tumultuous 1985–86 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elabor strike against Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota. Fed up with dangerous plant conditions and drastic wage \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ecuts, Austin’s Local P-9 went against the advice of its parent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunion and, aided by an activist campaign to damage the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003emeatpacking giant’s reputation, conducted a nearly yearlong walkout. But as the strike dragged on, some workers found \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethemselves desperate enough to cross the picket line, dividing a community already roiled by blockades, riots, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eand the intervention of the National Guard. Following up her landmark documentary \u003ci\u003eHarlan County USA \u003c\/i\u003ewith another uncompromising report from the trenches of working-class America, Kopple captures the human and political costs of one of the most significant setbacks to organized labor amid the unchecked corporatism of the Reagan era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"BLU‑RAY","offer_id":57874112741707,"sku":"R6795-5261","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0WZ1gcZhlVvBWo9QHtxcZwn4VsNkd7_large_f6ff1620-3981-47d1-bbb7-26fd470c2fde.jpg?v=1784141443"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/barbara-kopple.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}