Kopple's 'Union Town' holds U.S. premiere, completing labour trilogy

Barbara Kopple's 'Union Town' held its U.S. premiere on Sept. 19, 2026 in Camden, Maine, Deadline reported. Her first film 'Harlan County U.S.A.' covered a Kentucky coal-mine strike and earned an Academy Award, Deadline reported. Her 1991 'American Dream' covered a Minnesota Hormel Foods strike and earned a second, Deadline reported. Camden programmers call the three a labour-rights trilogy.