Plot:

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.

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Norman Yarborough
Self - Eastover Mining President

Houston Elmore
Self - UMW Organizer

Phil Sparks
Self - UMW Staff

Bessie Lou Cornett Parker
Self

Sudie Crusenberry
Self

Mary Lou Fergerson
Self

Barbara Kopple
Sound

Hazel Dickens
Original Music Composer

Mary Lampson
Editor

Merle Travis
Original Music Composer

Lora Hays
Editor

Nancy Baker
Editor

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