LG @ Sundance!
Union
We are so excited to be part of the Sundance Film Festival this year! Union is a U.S. Documentary about the Amazon Labor Union.
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) — a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island — takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionize.
Chronicling the historic efforts of the ALU, Union is an intimate and surprising story of dogged determination, unorthodox tactics, and speaking up despite David vs. Goliath odds. Capturing up-close, in-the-trenches moments with the upstart labor union leaders — including the charismatic Chris Smalls — as they try to build support for their movement on their own terms, filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing bear witness to the realities of labor organizing in the United States — challenging at best; near-impossible when facing the unlimited resources and influence of a corporate giant. They track exhilarating victories and demoralizing setbacks along the way, but foremost spotlight the far-reaching ability of collective action to inspire hope and bring self-determination to workers who’ve long felt disenfranchised and powerless.
Huge congratulations to our very own @samanthacurley (who produced the film) and the fantastic team of filmmakers who brought this project to life.
You can watch the film during the online portion of #sundance from Jan 25-28. Link below for tickets and to sign up for updates about the film.
The 2nd film from our production company Level Ground Productions, @unionthefilm received a standing ovation at its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. The film is "a smart, compellingly complicated" documentation of the @amazonlaborunion's historic fight to unionize their Staten Island warehouse.
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