Harlan County U.S.A.
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.
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Norman Yarborough
Himself - Eastover Mining President
Phil Sparks
Himself - UMW staff
Lois Scott
Herself
Sudie Crusenberry
Herself
Mary Lou Fergerson
Herself
Basil Collins
Himself - mine foreman
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