Harlan County USA

A cinema verite account of a coal miners’ strike in Harlan, Kentucky between 1973 and 1974 when the miners at the Brookside Mine fought for the right to join the Mine Workers’ Union of America. The film shows the major events of the strike; the confrontation between management and employees, the gun-slinging scabs, picketing miners’ wives, and violence and murder. It also shows that organised labour can be corrupt as can managements, as illustrated by the fight for union leadership. Rated: PG

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Credits

director

Barbara Kopple

production company

Cabin Creek Films

Duration

01:43:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1976

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324242

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)

Documentary

Documentary → Cinema verite

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Strikes and lockouts

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Trade-unions

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

History → History

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1752675

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United States, 1976

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