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If UPS workers stop, America stops. In Who Moves America, 340,000 UPS teamsters enter a contract fight that could bring one of the world’s largest delivery systems to a halt. Director Yael Bridge follows workers in New York, Kentucky, California, and across the country during the 2023 negotiations, as drivers and part-timers organize around dangerous heat, wages, job security, and the basic right to work with dignity. The film’s title has no question mark because its answer is already clear: workers move America.
Bridge, whose previous feature The Big Scary “S” Word (2020) examined socialism in the United States, brings a clear-eyed attention to organizing as an everyday practice, compiling footage from meetings, rallies, votes, and the ordinary moments where people decide what they owe one another. Executive produced by Academy Award–winner Steven Bognar (American Factory) and produced by Yoni Golijov (Cover-Up) — both VIFF alumni — Who Moves America turns labour struggle into a human drama of risk, solidarity, and building power.
Content Considerations: Inhumane working conditions, corporate and labor tensions, workplace fatalities
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Justin Alo, Antoine Andrews, Angel Badu, Sean O’Brien, Antonio Rosario, Nailah Weller
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2026
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Executive Producer
Steven Bognar, Carrie Lozano, Astra Taylor
Producer
Yael Bridge, Yoni Golijov, Jeremy Flood, Mars Verrone
Cinematography
Erick Stoll
Editor
Thomas Niles
Original Music
Osei Essed, Santiago Arias-Rozo
Yael Bridge
Yael Bridge is a director and Emmy-nominated producer. As Director of Productions at Inequality Media, she created viral videos unpacking complex political issues that gained over 200 million views on social media. She was included in DOCNYC’s 40 Under 40 list and was President of the Documentary Producers Alliance, where she now sits on the board. Her first feature documentary, The Big Scary “S” Word, premiered at Hot Docs and was sold to Hulu. Her second feature, Who Moves America, was funded by ITVS and premiered at True/False Film Fest 2026.
Filmography: The Big Scary “S” Word (2020)
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