Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution w/ "Final Press"

Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution

Chris Sessions (Dir), 60 minutes, USA, World Premiere

Director Chris Sessions in attendance.

When a group of baristas in Buffalo, New York announce their intention to start a labor union, Starbucks responds with an elaborate, illegal anti-union attack.

Featuring on-the-ground footage from workers and organizers, Partners takes us to the front lines of the historic union campaign that catalyzed America’s Gen Z labor revival.

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"Final Press"

John Haley (Dir), 11 minutes, USA, New York State Premiere

Director John Haley in attendance.

In late 2025, The Minnesota Star Tribune announced plans to cut costs by outsourcing its printing to a USA Today Co. facility in Iowa, marking the end of over 150 years of printing the paper in Minnesota. "Final Press" documents the final printing run of The Minnesota Star Tribune's Heritage Center in Minneapolis. Punctuated with reflections from longtime employees of the paper, the film confronts an altered, digital-first newspaper industry. As the Heritage Center moves closer to closure, employees contend with a changing world while acknowledging nostalgia for practices and rituals—like reading a physical newspaper—that seem to be slowly slipping away.