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Harlan County U.S.A.

1976 1h 43m English 8.2
Action, Documentary
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.—Martin Lewison

Cast

Phyllis Boyens
Phyllis Boyens
as Self
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
as Self
Robert Milicevic
Robert Milicevic
as Police Detective
Hazel Dickens
Hazel Dickens
as Self - Singer

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