Harlan County U.S.A.

🎭 Genres:Documentary

⭐️ Actors:Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks, Bessie Lou Cornett, Sudie Crusenberry

🌍 Country:United States of America

📅 Year:1977

🎬 Director:Barbara Kopple

📝 Description: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.