← Back

American Dream

“The award-winning film of American lives, American courage, and the...”

1990 · 1 h 38 min
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Documentary

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Minnesota go on strike, their fight for wages becomes a landmark labor struggle.

Sinekatalog’s take

Barbara Kopple's Oscar-winning documentary is angry, careful and moving, a major film on American labor.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.7 / 10 (1,237 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.