Union

Friday, October 18 - Thursday, November 7, 2024

Please note that there are additional showtimes of UNION at screen with open captions (on-screen display of dialogue and sounds). For those showtimes, click here.

Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m.: Sneak Preview + Q&A with director Steve Maing and ALU founders Chris Smalls, Gerald Bryson, Jordan Flowers, and Derrick Palmer moderated by Wyatt Cenac

Friday, October 18 at 6:15 p.m.: Q&A with directors Steve Maing and Brett Story and ALU organizers Chris Smalls and Angie Maldonado moderated by Astra Taylor

Saturday, October 19 at 1:25 p.m.: Q&A with director Brett Sory, producer Mars Verrone and ALU organizers Mitch Israel and Madeline Wesley moderated by Jessica Bruder

Saturday, October 20 at 6:15 p.m.: Q&A with editors Blair McClendon and Malika Zouhali-Worrall and composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe moderated by Eric Hynes

Sunday, October 20 at  6:15 p.m.: Q&A with director Brett Story, producer Mars Verrone and film participant Natalie Monarrez moderated by Kirsten Johnson

Monday, October 21 at 6:15 p.m.: Q&A with producer Mars Verrone and cinematographer Martin DiCicco moderated by Alex Press

Thursday, October 24 at 6:15 p.m.: Q&A with ALU president Connor Spence and representative Jamaal Bowman, moderated by Chenjerai Kumanyika, presented by NYC DSA

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 Staten Island, New York. Led by the charismatic but underestimated Chris Smalls, the diverse band of workers start the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and embark on a journey against one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. The odds are stacked against them, as the group finds itself up against a tech industry giant with unlimited resources, without major support from national unions or politicians, and while navigating internal divisions within their own ranks. Filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing document the struggle from day one, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today’s globalized economic landscape.

Winner: U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award, Sundance
Official Selection: NYFF

“Tough and gripping…a vital and urgent portrait of labor organizing and its enduring possibility at a time when the fight for workers’ rights has never seemed more one-sided.” – Indiewire

  • Country USA
  • Running Time 104 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Comscore
  • Director Stephen Maing, Brett Story
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil, Closed Captioning, Descriptive Audio

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