Baristas vs. Billionaires opens a two-week theatrical run at the Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) cinema in Santa Fe the next day on Friday, November 14th.


“Baristas vs Billionaires,” a new feature documentary, directed by Mark Mori and narrated by Susan Sarandon, tells the story of the Starbucks Workers United union’s organizing drive which started in Buffalo, NY in 2001. One of the things that makes the SBWU campaign, and the film, special is that the vast majority of the organizers are young people. As one Memphis SBWU organizer, Lakota says, “I would call it a millennial and Gen Z uprising for the workplace.

Over the past four years, they’ve unionized some 600+ coffee shops across 45 states, with more than 10,00 members. Starbucks corporate response has been what Sen. Bernie Sanders called “the worst union busting in modern American history”. But the baristas are not backing down. In fact, last week the SBWU announced they will be striking Starbucks in 25 cities if they don’t have a fair contract by November 13. Baristas opens its 2-week run at CCA the next day on Nov. 14th.

Baristas vs Billionaires Is the kind of inspiring movie that we need for these dark political and economic times. We encourage everyone to see Baristas vs. Billionaires while it’s at CCA

Glenn Silber will be at CCA in person to present the film and Q&As for the Nov. 14-16th weekend shows
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