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Matewan

Matewan

Original title
Matewan
Year
1987
Gender
Drama , History
Director
John Sayles
Country
United States of America
Details
132 minutes / colored / sound

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

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