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《工会之城》是 Barbara Kopple 劳工三部曲的终章，这一系列记录了半个世纪以来的美国职场。曾凭《美国哈兰县》（1976）和《美国梦》（1990）两度荣获奥斯卡奖的导演，从煤矿与工厂一路走来，抵达当代劳工运动令人屏息的前线。影片历时三年拍摄，是一部真实电影风格的纪录片，细致追踪推动纽约市运转的劳工运动。影片密集交织亚马逊、UPS 等企业巨头雇员的声音，这些曾经飞速运送货物和食物的人们毫不犹豫地团结起来，为自己的生活发声。这是一位执着积累劳工历史的资深电影人发出的有力的团结之声。在不断爆发、高涨的能量中，影片揭示出我们从未认识的纽约另一面：一座团结之城。
Barbara Kopple is an American filmmaker whose enduring contributions across documentary, narrative feature, and television have earned her honors such as an Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award and accolades from the National Board of Review. She is a two-time Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature with Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990), both chronicling labor movements. Continuing to explore social movements and labor struggles through her documentary work, she went on to direct films including Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006), Running from Crazy (2013), Miss Sharon Jones! (2015), and New Homeland (2018).
