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Harlan County U.S.A.

Harlan County U.S.A.

Documentary
1977, Movie, 1h 45min
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
Country: United States
Director:
Barbara Kopple
Cast:
Lois Scott,
Norman Yarborough,
Houston Elmore,
Phil Sparks
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...retains all of its power, in the story of a miners' strike in Kentucky where the company employed armed goons to escort scabs into the mines, and the most effective picketers were the miners' wives -- articulate, indominable, courageo...

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Barbara Kopple
Director
Lois Scott
As Self
Norman Yarborough
As Self - Eastover Mining President
Houston Elmore
As Self - UMW Organizer
Phil Sparks
As Self - UMW Staff
Basil Collins
As Self - Mine Foreman

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