8.2 1976 1h 43m Full Movie
Film Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Released
- 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Country
- United States of America
- Director
- Barbara Kopple
Storyline
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.
