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Harlan County USA
Kopple, Barbara
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/harlan_county_usaYear Published: 1976 Resource Type: Film Cx Number: CX7160 An effort of 180 coal miners and their wives to strike for benefits at the Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky in 1973. Abstract: This 1976 Oscar-winning documentary film covers the "Brookside Miner's Strike" in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky in 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. 104 mins. Subject Headings |