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
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Bessie Lou Cornett
Herself
Norman Yarborough
Self - Pres., Eastover Mining Co. (Owned by Duke Power)
Sudie Crusenberry
Herself
Houston Elmore
Self - UMW Organizer
Mary Lou Fergerson
Herself
Phil Sparks
Self - UMW Staff
Basil Collins
Himself - mine foreman
Florence Reece
Herself
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Harlan County, USA 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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