UNION screening as part of Mayworks!

May 16, 6:00 PM | Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane

A film by Stephen Maing and Brett Story

Through intimate cinema vérité, UNION chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers led by the charismatic by underestimated Chris Smalls, start the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and embark on a journey against one of the largest and most powerful companies in the world. Filmmakers Brett Story and Stephen Maing document the struggle from day one, offering a gripping human drama about the fight for power and dignity in today’s globalized economic landscape.

“Astounding, rebellious,… brilliant.” – The New York Times

WINNER: U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for the Art of Change – Sundance Film Festival

Presented by the Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts in collaboration with the Atlantic International Film Festival and Carbon Arc Cinema.

The Mayworks Festival brings workers and artists together, using art to explore themes of justice, solidarity and liberation. Art has always been an important way of expressing political statements and Mayworks continues in a long tradition of building bonds of solidarity between artists and labour organizations. This festival has grown into Nova Scotia’s largest social justice themed cultural event, attracting over a thousand diverse audience members who take interest in issues of social, economic and environmental justice. mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca