Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
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Norman Yarborough
as Self - Eastover Mining President
as Self - Eastover Mining President
Houston Elmore
as Self - UMW Organizer
as Self - UMW Organizer
Phil Sparks
as Self - UMW Staff
as Self - UMW Staff
Bessie Lou Cornett Parker
as Self
as Self
Sudie Crusenberry
as Self
as Self
Mary Lou Fergerson
as Self
as Self
Basil Collins
as Self - Mine Foreman
as Self - Mine Foreman
Florence Reece
as Self
as Self
Lois Scott
as Self
as Self
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Barbara Kopple
Sound
Sound
Barbara Kopple
Director
Director
Nancy Baker
Editor
Editor
Mirra Bank
Editor
Editor
Lora Hays
Editor
Editor
Mary Lampson
Editor
Editor
Barbara Kopple
Producer
Producer
Hazel Dickens
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Merle Travis
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Joshua Waletzky
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Rip Torn
Thanks
Thanks
Anne Lewis Johnson
Other
Other
Hart Perry
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Kevin Keating
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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