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Aug 28, 1987 · Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
- (9K)
- Drama, History
- John Sayles
- 1987-08-28
Matewan. Matewan ( / ˈmeɪtwɒn /) is a 1987 American independent [2] [3] drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. [4] The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of ...
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining companyMingo County, West Virginia...
- 133 min
- 121.7K
- Don Sheehan
Nov 8, 2020 · Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chr...
- 132 min
- 27.5K
- Punks For Progress
The final result is a massacre from which no one emerges unscathed. This film is based on solid historical events in West Virginia coal mining country, variously known as the "Matewan Massacre" or the "Battle of Matewan," and dramatizes for both adults and young people the sacrifices made by American laborers as they fought for unionization and ...
Drama film about the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia between local coal miners and the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency.
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Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant ...
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