Synopsis
Directors: Stephen Maing and Brett Story
Producers: Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone
US, 102 min, 2024
Christian Smalls is the charismatic leader of the Amazon Labor Union, a first-of-its-kind grassroots organization fighting for those toiling away in the warehouses of the billion-dollar behemoth. Combining high-stakes drama and you-are-there observational intimacy, Union unfolds in real time over 2021 and 2022, as Smalls and his colleagues rally fellow workers, sabotage anti-union meetings, give away hot dogs, and strive to build a movement. But this is no simple “David vs. Goliath” story. Award-winning directors Stephen Maing and Brett Story have crafted a portrait of solidarity and struggle that is far more “smart and compellingly complicated” (The Hollywood Reporter). Call it David versus the widespread systemic forces that keep the working class powerless and divided. Winner of a Special Jury Award at Sundance, Union is “astounding [and] “brilliant” (New York Times), “gripping…[and] an immediate and necessary rallying cry for audiences everywhere” (IndieWire).
