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Harlan County War 1973
Topic Started: Aug 29 2006, 09:43 PM (79 Views)
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Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)
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.



The dramatisation of the Kentucky miners strike of Harlan County in 1973. After years of poor pay and deplorable conditions, managerial disregard for safety issues results in two deaths. The workers strike but resentment turns to violence as the process develops into something far greater - and beyond anyone's control.


Now this is an older movie 2001, but when I went to rent the girls a movie last night this caught my attention. Then I really like Holly Hunter.

In my opinion :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: I really enjoyed it


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