ABOUT THE FILM

LOGLINE

UNION TOWN completes Barbara Kopple’s trilogy on labor rights following her Oscar^®-winning Harlan County USA and American Dream, two landmark cinéma vérité documentaries. Set against the backdrop of New York City, the film follows delivery industry workers as they take on some of the world’s most powerful corporations, revealing the challenges, passion, and humanity at the heart of this growing labor movement.

LONG SYNOPSIS

UNION TOWN completes Barbara Kopple’s trilogy on labor rights following her Oscar^®-winning Harlan County USA and American Dream, two landmark cinéma vérité documentaries. The film chronicles essential workers in New York City’s last-mile delivery industry amid an explosive resurgence of organized labor in the nation’s largest metropolis.

Interweaving struggles within UPS, Amazon, and the mostly immigrant app-based bike delivery workforce, UNION TOWN uncovers the human face of modern labor and organizing.

Filmed over the course of three years, the film asks what solidarity means in a world divided between those who have power, and those who must fight for it.

Director Barbara Kopple

Producers Hannes Hosp, Barbara Kopple, Peter Palandjian

Executive Producers Peter Palandjian, Glenn Rigberg

Editors Francisco Bello, Hannes Hosp, Deborah Peretz

Cinematographers Timothy Grucza, Hannes Hosp, Rachel Beth Anderson

composer Jongnic Bontemps

FESTIVALS
2026: Venice International (World Premiere), Toronto International (North American Premiere)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
North America Only

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Digital Download