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Bookmark or Share- Matewan (1987) - Plot - IMDbSummaries. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency.
- The Coal Mining Massacre America Forgot - Smithsonian MagazineThe gunfight in downtown Matewan on May 19, 1920, had all the elements of a high-noon showdown: on one side, the heroes, a pro-union sheriff and mayor; on the other, the dastardly henchmen of the...
- Matewan | Rotten TomatoesUnion organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson (James Earl Jones) and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company...
- Matewan (1987) | The Criterion CollectionBarbara Shapiro. Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut) arrives to help them ...
- Matewan - WikipediaMatewan (/ ˈ m eɪ t w ɒ n /) is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles.
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