BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo International Film Festival is underway, and Friday marked the grand opening of this year's festivities.

The list of events started with with the world premiere of "Baristas Vs. Billionaires" at North Park Theatre. It's a documentary featuring the Starbucks baristas in Buffalo who sparked a nationwide movement to unionize.

One of the producers of the documentary is Alec Baldwin. He was in attendance for the premiere and did a question-and-answer session with the audience after the showing.

Director, writer, and producer Mark Mori talked with 2 On Your Side about the film.

"Buffalo is the heart of the rust belt and a lot of these baristas, their fathers and grandfathers were union members, some of them even organized unions in places like Bethlehem Steel, so

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