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Harlan County, USA

PG · 1976 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 43m
8.2/10 · IMDb 92% · Rotten Tomatoes 80% · Metacritic
In this documentary about labor tension in the coal-mining industry, director Barbara Kopple films a strike in rural Kentucky. After the coal miners at the Brookside Mine join a union, the owners refuse the labor contract. Once the miners start to...
Release date: January 23, 1977 (USA)
Director: Barbara Kopple
Distributed by: First Run Features
Cinematography: Kevin Keating; Hart Perry
Music by: Hazel Dickens; Merle Travis; David Morris
Production company: Cabin Creek Films