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2024

Union

Australian Premiere.

Union is an electrifying documentary that captures the intense struggle to unionize Amazon. Following a fired worker’s fight against the corporate giant, the film unveils the power of collective action and the internal challenges that could make or break their movement. A must-see for its raw, inspiring impact.

Director

Stephen Maing
Brett Story

Runtime

104 Minutes

Country

United States

Classification

Unclassified 15+

The ‘David and Goliath’ story of a fired Amazon worker daring to take on the multi-national, fighting for workers’ rights.

Union is a compelling and timely documentary that takes viewers inside the bold attempt to unionize Amazon, one of the world’s most powerful corporations. Directed by Stephen Maing and Brett Story, the film follows Chris, a former Amazon worker who, after being unjustly fired, decides to fight back. Gathering a group of fellow ex- and current employees who’ve endured similar treatment or are fed up with the gruelling conditions, Chris leads the charge to create a union despite Amazon’s relentless efforts to stop them.

Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Art of Change, Union offers an eye-opening look at the determination and courage required to challenge a corporate giant. Through hidden cameras and candid interviews, the film reveals the harsh realities inside Amazon and the uphill battle faced by those seeking change. Yet, the ultimate success of the union hinges on its ability to remain strong and not implode from within, a challenge as daunting as the corporate fight itself.

"Maing and Story’s observational film is a warts-and-all document of scrappy 21st-century labour action in all its uncertainties against a multibillion-dollar corporation."

Financial Times

Union perseveres as 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

“It’s a nuanced portrait of the challenges of leadership and a revealing celebration of the values of persistence, solidarity and free weed.”

The Hollywood Reporter

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Special Jury Award for Art of Change– Sundance, Sheffield, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX

Film Credits

Director

Stephen Maing & Brett Story

Year

2024

Country

United States

Language

English

Type

Documentary & Feature

Program Strand

Change Award & World Documentary

Producer

Brett StoryStephen MaingSamantha Curley p.g.a.Mars Verrone p.g.a. & Martin DiCicco

Cinematographer

Martin DiCicco & Stephen Maing

Editor

Blair McClendonMalika Zouhali-Worrall & Stephen Maing

Music

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Film Source

The Film Collaborative

Genre

ActivismBiographical & Documentary

Purchase Tickets

Saturday 26 Oct 2024

03:00 pm

Union

The Mercury

Thursday 31 Oct 2024

05:30 pm

Union

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Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 4

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