Harlan County U.S.A.
DocHouse Release Date:
Sunday 30th September 2018
Age rating / classification to be confirmed
1 hour 43 minutes approx.
Released
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Starring:
Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks, John Corcoran, John O'Leary and Donald Rasmussen
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Synopsis
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.