Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When documentarian Barbara Kopple directs a film about the labor movement, she tends to go big. With 1976’s Harlan County, USA, ...

Since the release of defining 70s doc Harlan County, USA, film-makers have captured workers’ tenacity and solidarity ...

The filmmaker’s two Oscar-winning films return to theaters across the U.S.

Barbara Kopple’s films Harlan County USA and American Dream captured labor struggle as it was happening: on picket lines, inside unions, and under pressure. Decades later, both remain some of the ...

Legendary documentarian Barbara Kopple tells us about the long legacy of her Oscar-winning film American Dream.