- Studio: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- Release Date: Oct 14, 2005
Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 103 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Cabin Creek |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | May 23, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Barbara Kopple | Director |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bernie Aronson | Himself - UMW Staff |
| Chip Yablonski | Himself |
| Donald Rasmussen | Himself - Blackwing Clinic, WV |
| Guy Farmer | Himself - BCPA General Counsel |
| Harry Patrick | Himself - UMW Secretary-Treasurer |
| Hawley Wells Jr. | Himself |
| Houston Elmore | Himself - UMW Organizer |
| john Corcoran | Himself - Consolidated Coal President |
| John O'Leary | Himself - Former Bureau Of Mines Director |
| Ken Yablonski | Himself |
| Logan Patterson | Himself - Negotiator |
| Mike Trbovich | Himself - UMW VP |
| Norman Yarborough | Himself - Eastover Mining President |
| Phil Sparks | Himself - UMW Staff |
| Tom Williams | Himself - Boyle Campaigner |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Barbara Kopple | Producer |
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