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Harlan County U.S.A. (1977) [PG]

Release Date:
January 23, 1977

Original Title:
Harlan County U.S.A.

Alternate Titles:
Eparhia Harlan I.P.A.
Föld alatt, föld felett
Gruvarbetarna i Harlan County, USA
Harlan County: Tragédia Americana
Округ Харлан, США
할란 카운티 USA
할란카운티 USA

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
Cabin Creek Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG 

Runtime: 103

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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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British Film Institute (BFI)
2014
#24		 Critics' Top 10 Poll
Greatest Documentaries of All Time

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Production

Director:
Barbara Kopple

Director of Photography:
Kevin Keating
Hart Perry

Editor:
Lora Hays
Mirra Bank
Mary Lampson
Nancy Baker

Original Music Composer:
Hazel Dickens
Merle Travis

Other:
Anne Lewis Johnson

Producer:
Barbara Kopple

Sound:
Barbara Kopple

Sound Editor:
Joshua Waletzky

Thanks:
Rip Torn

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