7 September 2026
Set in present-day New York City, the documentary follows a group of delivery riders and drivers as they try to unionize in pursuit of better pay and more dignified working conditions. Their campaign brings them up against the power of major platforms, but Kopple focuses above all on the people involved, their lives, everyday struggles, family relationships and the solidarity that takes shape over the course of the fight.
One of the leading figures in socially engaged documentary filmmaking, Barbara Kopple (New York, 1946) has won two Academy Awards, for Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) and American Dream (1990), both centered on workers’ rights, becoming the first woman to win twice in the Best Documentary Feature category. Her discreet yet direct approach to the lives of her subjects has defined her filmmaking throughout a career honored in 2023 with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
