UNION

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UNION

FRI, 12/6, 7:30pm, 104 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Directors Brett Story and Stephen Maing in attendance for Q&A
Cocktail reception follows the film screening

Directors: Brett Story, Stephen Maing
Producers: Brett Story, Stephen Maing, Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin DiCicco
Editors: Blair McClendon, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Stephen Maing
Cinematographers: Martin DiCicco, Stephen Maing

The film 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 Small, the diverse band of workers start the Amazon Labor Union, and with a budget of $120,000 raised on GoFundMe, embark on a journey against one of the most powerful companies in the world. Stephen Maing is an Emmy Award- winning filmmaker. His film Crime + Punishment won a Special Jury Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Brett Story is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Her film, The Hottest August, was called one of the best documentary films of 2019 by Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.