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Harlan County U.S.A.

15 Oct 1976
103 min
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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.

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Norman Yarborough

Himself - Eastover Mining President

Phil Sparks

Himself - UMW staff

Lois Scott

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Basil Collins

Himself - mine foreman

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Houston Elmore

Himself - UMW organizer

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