SYNOPSIS:
In this feature-length documentary the Teamsters Union goes on strike against Overnite Transportation, a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization. The Union, however, faces its own internecine battles as factions inside the organization, one led by James P. Hoffa (son of the infamous Jimmy Hoffa), vie for power. Produced by two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple.
CREDITS:
- Director: Kristi Jacobson
- Producer: Barbara Kopple
- Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins
- Supervising Producer for HBO: Julie Anderson
- Cinematography: Kirsten Johnson
- Editor: Bob Eisenhardt
- Associate Producers: Mary Woods, Tania McKeown
- Original Music: Joel Goodman
- World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival
- Broadcast Premiere: HBO 2002
"’American Standoff’ has enough heroic risk and complex political undercurrents for an epic novel…"—Noel Holston, New York Newsday
"Jacobson proves that cinema can still be a relevant tool for social activism and her film's success is largely steeped in the very palpable humanism she exudes."—Warren Curry, CinemaSpeak
