This week on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we talk about the new documentary UNION. Having received a Special Jury award at Sundance, and played thirty of the most prestigious documentary film festivals around the world, it opens in theaters this week.
Through intimate cinema vérité, UNION chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in New York.
The filmmakers document the struggle from day one, against one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today’s globalized economic landscape.
The movies themes are immediate and timely, as we watch the fight for labor rights. It’s a David and Goliath story, a release poised to speak to current political conversations.
Directors Brett Story and Stephen Maing sit down with us on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE to discuss the challenges they faced making UNION, the themes they discovered and the journey to this moment, as they prepare for a theatrical release later this week.
It’s a powerful conversation you won’t want to miss.
The UNION is currently showing in theaters.