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Harlan County, U.S.A.

Harlan County, U.S.A.

Original title
Harlan County, U.S.A.
Year
1976
Gender
Documentary
Director
Barbara Kopple
Country
United States of America
Details
103 minutes / colored / sound

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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.

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