Harlan County U.S.A.

Harlan County U.S.A.

Year: 1976

Runtime: 105 mins

Language: English

Director: Barbara Kopple

DocumentaryPolitics and human rightsRacism and the powerful fight for justiceRiveting political and presidential dramaPolitics propaganda and political documentaries

This documentary follows the 1973 Harlan County, Kentucky miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine after the company refused a United Mine Workers contract. Violent clashes erupted between company thugs and picketing miners and families. Director Barbara Kopple covers the miners’ plight and UMWA; film was preserved by Academy Film Archive in 2004.

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