Harlan County U.S.A.
Released: January 23, 1977Runtime: 105 min
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastover's 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.
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John L Lewis
as Self - Pres., UMW, 1920-1960
Carl Horn
as Self - Pres., Duke Power Co.
Norman Yarborough
as Self - Pres., Eastover Mining Co. (Owned by Duke Power)
Logan Patterson
as Self - Chief Negotiator
Houston Elmore
as Self - UMW Organizer
Phil Sparks
as Self - UMW Staff
John Corcoran
as Self - Pres., Consolidated Coal
John O Leary
as Self - Former Dir., Bureau of Mines
Donald Rasmussen
as Self - Black Ling Clinic., W. Va
Hawley Wells Jr
as Self
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