In an era of deepening inequality, UPS Teamsters stand on the brink of a historic strike. As the deadline looms, Who Moves America shadows UPS workers in New York, Kentucky, California and across the country as they navigate the challenges of building solidarity with their 340,000 co-workers.
A Sidereal Time Production. The term ‘sidereal time’ is a way of measuring time relative to the position of the stars instead of the Sun. It shifts the focus from a single star to the collective and constellations.
Meet the team:
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Director / Producer - Yael Bridge
Yael Bridge is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Her feature documentary, The Big Scary “S” Word, traces the history and resurgence of socialism in the US and premiered at Hot Docs 2020 and on Hulu in 2022. Prior to that she produced Left on Purpose, winner of the Audience Award at DOC NYC, and Saving Capitalism, which was nominated for an Emmy.
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Producer - Jeremy Flood
Jeremy Flood is a filmmaker, producer, and editor who has worked alongside political campaigns, unions, and advocacy organizations for over a decade. Recent films include A Company Town about fracking and The Facility, cataloging abuses at a private immigration detention center. Jeremy works as the Lead Video Producer at Bloc Media and Justice Democrats.
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Producer - Mars Verrone
Mars Verrone is a documentary filmmaker and arts educator. They are currently producing a documentary about the Amazon Labor Union directed by Steve Maing and Brett Story. Their work has been supported by Sundance Institute, Ford Foundation, and the International Documentary Association. They are a NBC Original Voices fellow, Producers Guild of America fellow, and Brown Girls Doc Mafia fellow.
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Producer - Yoni Golijov
Yoni Golijov is an Oscar-nominated and Independent Spirit Award-winning producer. His recent films include All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, the Nan Goldin portrait directed by Laura Poitras, which won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, and When We Fight, about the Los Angeles teachers strike. He is a 2021 NBC Original Voices Fellow, a 2022 Sundance Producing Fellow, and a 2023 Gotham / Cannes Producing Network Fellow. He previously worked as a consulting producer at Field of Vision.
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Director of Photography - Erick Stoll
Erick Stoll (Director of Photography, New York story Co-Producer) is a non-fiction filmmaker whose work has focused on labor, gentrification, and capitalism. Erick co-directed the feature documentary América, which was nominated for Peabody and Independent Spirit awards, and was cinematographer on the Academy Award-winning documentary American Factory.
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Co-Producer - Mireya Martinez
Mireya Martinez (California story Co-Producer) is a filmmaker, producer, and writer based between Los Angeles and Mumbai. Her work and collaborations have screened at numerous film festivals, including the San Sebastian International Film Festival, Sundance, IFFR, Outfest, True/False, and HotDocs, amongst others. She holds an MFA in Film Direction from the California Institute of the Arts and is a 2021 Sundance Institute and Women In Film Fellow.
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Co-Producer Alisha Tejpal
Alisha Tejpal (California story Co-Producer) is an Indian filmmaker, producer and cinematographer currently living in Los Angeles. She holds an MFA in film directing from the California Institute of the Arts. Lata, her most recent film, premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
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Co-Producer - Bryn Silverman
Bryn Silverman (Kentucky story Co-Producer) is a Kentucky-based documentary producer and editor. She was a story producer on Amend: The Fight for America, a six part Netflix documentary series about the impact of the 14th Amendment. She is a Southern Producers’ Lab Fellow with the New Orleans Film Society and one of four selected to participate in the Oxford Film Festival Female Filmmaker Retreat.
Make a Donation
Who Moves America isn’t just a documentary. It’s the launch of a national campaign designed to put this story directly in the hands of workers, organizers, and communities across the country.
As the film screens at festivals across the world, we are planning a national screening campaign. Over the coming year, alongside labor and movement partners, we’re preparing to:
Host hundreds of free, facilitated public screenings
Share resources to support labor organizing and dialogue across divides
Amplify worker-led calls to action connected to ongoing campaigns
Expand access to worker-driven stories via public media distribution
To make this possible, we’re kicking off a major fundraising push. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to fully launch the first phase of the impact campaign and ensure Who Moves America serves the people and movements it comes from.
Tax-Deductible Donations
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