Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
1h 43m
Running Time
January 23, 1977Release Date
Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
1h 43m
Running Time
January 23, 1977Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
Where to Watch.



Currently Harlan County U.S.A. is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
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Cast & Crew.

Norman Yarborough
Self - Eastover Mining President

Houston Elmore
Self - UMW Organizer

Phil Sparks
Self - UMW Staff

Bessie Lou Cornett Parker
Self

Sudie Crusenberry
Self

Mary Lou Fergerson
Self

Basil Collins
Self - Mine Foreman

Florence Reece
Self
Media.





Details.
This Movie Is About.
kentucky
strike
mining
working class
union
labor
woman director
miners strike
labor union
preserved film
black lung
united mine workers
Wiki.
Harlan County USA (variously written with and without a comma) is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards.
It was directed and produced by filmmaker Barbara Kopple, then early in her filmmaking career. A former VISTA volunteer, she had worked on other documentaries, especially as an advocate of workers' rights.
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