This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Compan...read more
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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.
Production Company: Cabin Creek Films,
Country: United States of America
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1h 43m
Not available for United States
1
1
Free Solo
The Square
For Sama
13th
Scared Straight!
Flee
Sky Over Holland
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Amy
Fire at Sea
Beaver Valley
Glass
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Citizenfour
Cartel Land
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