Union Town is the conclusion of Barbara Kopple’s labor trilogy, chronicling American workplaces over half a century. Having won two Academy Awards for Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990), the director travels past coal mines and factories to arrive at the breathless frontlines of contemporary labor. Filmed over the course of three years, the film is a cinema verite documentary that meticulously tracks the labor movement powering New York City. The film densely weaves the voices of workers employed by corporate giants such as Amazon and UPS, as those who once swiftly transported goods and food unite without hesitation to speak up for their own lives. This stands as a powerful voice of solidarity from a veteran filmmaker who has doggedly accumulated the history of labor. Amidst explosively mounting energy, the film reveals another side of New York we never knew: a city of solidarity. (MOON Juhwa)