Kopple, Barbara

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March 18, 1992

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Documentary Filmmaker Barbara Kopple.

Documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Her documentary, "American Dream," chronicles one of the most bitter strikes in recent labor history, the 1984 strike against the Hormel meat packing plant in Austin Minnesota. The film won the 1991 Oscar for best documentary feature. Kopple also won an Oscar in 1977 for "Harlan County, UsA," her documentary of a coal mine strike in Kentucky.

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July 28, 2016

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Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'

After a cancer diagnosis, and treatment soul singer Sharon Jones has returned to performing. She's the subject of a new documentary Miss Sharon Jones! by academy award winning film maker Barbara Kopple.

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Barbara Kopple

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Documentary Filmmaker Barbara Kopple.

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Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'

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