FridayFLICS: AMERICAN DREAM
Directed by Barbara Kopple (1990)- who also directed Harlan County USA -
A gripping account of the protracted labor strike at the Hormel meat-packing plant in Austin, Minnesota, in 1984 when the Reagan administration demolished the nation’s air traffic controllers union. Oscar. Best documentary.
“Devastating…stirring, forthright… As important as it is good.” -NY Times
“…catches the joy and grief of testing the American dream in two hours of vital, provocative filmmaking. ‘ -Rolling Stone
“Stirring and disheartening… heart-ripping dilemmas …poignantly true and undeniably powerful.” -Washington Post
8pm – $5 suggested donation. ArtRage is handicapped accessible. Off-street parking at 408 & 414 Lodi Street.



