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Untitled SAG-AFTRA Documentary

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Overview

Tracks the evolution of the union between 2008 and 2024, a time that saw a failed strike authorization, a merger and the 2023 work stoppage.

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Documentary

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Cast

Self

Fran Drescher

Self

Michael Sheen

Self

Amy Aquino

Self (archive footage)

Ken Howard

Self

Rebecca Damon

Self (archive footage)

Ed Asner

Self

Matthew Kimbrough

Self

Alan Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

David White

Self

David Prindle

Self

Duncan Ireland-Crabtree

Self

Roberta Reardon

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7.3

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7.2

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6.7

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6.0

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4.4

Montgomery Clift

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6.8

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6.6

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5.0

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7.7

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10.0

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6.0

BRATS

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0.0

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6.5

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6.6

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4.3

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6.6

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7.1

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