Matewan
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan’s vested interests so that justice and workers’ rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
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Genre: History
Director: Benita Allen, John Sayles, John Tintori, Matia Karrell
Actors: Bob Gunton, Chris Cooper, David Strathairn, Gordon Clapp, Jace Alexander, James Earl Jones, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham