This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Compan...read more
Not available for United States
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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.
Production Company: Cabin Creek Films,
Country: United States of America
Genre: Documentary
1h 35m
Not available for United States
1
1
Free Solo
For Sama
13th
The Square
Ouverture
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Fire at Sea
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
Glass
Citizenfour
Scared Straight!
Sky Over Holland
Cartel Land
Beaver Valley
Amy
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