One Sentence Movie Reviews: “American Dream” (1991):
American Dream (1991): “Nothing is so sad as committed people crushed under the heel of time.”
Notes: First seen at a packed Michigan Theatre my senior year in high school. Back then I was completely on the side of P-9, the meatpacker’s union striking to keep their wages from being cut. Now, 15 years wiser, I see that this is a documentary about misplaced intentions and the terrible position of powerlessness working people found themselves in during the Regan era and continue to today.
It’s hard to watch this film and not believe that labor unions have about 2 decades of catching up to do. And to ask how did they let this happen in the first place.