Barbara Kopple (born July 30, 1946) is an American film director primarily known for her work in documentary film. She has won two Academy Awards; the first was in 1976, for "Harlan County, USA" about a Kentucky miners' strike, and the second was in 1991, for "American Dream," the story of the Hormel Foods strike in Austin, Minnesota in 1985-1986. Wikipedia
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