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Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky.
Harlan County U.S.A.: Directed by Barbara Kopple. With John L. Lewis, Carl Horn, Norman Yarborough, Logan Patterson. A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
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- Documentary
- Barbara Kopple
- 1977-09-28
Barbara Kopple's Academy Award-winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners' strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners' sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs.
Feb 16, 2006 · The film retains all of its power, in the story of a miners’ strike in Kentucky where the company employed armed goons to escort scabs into the mines, and the most effective picketers were the miners’ wives — articulate, indominable, courageous.
Dec 8, 2023 · Harlan County, USA received widespread critical acclaim upon its release in 1976. The documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, showcasing its significant impact and importance in portraying the struggles of miners and their families during the 1970s.
Aug 3, 2010 · The result - Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) - was an astonishingly intimate and passionate work that won the Oscar® for Best Documentary and recently was selected as one of twenty-five films by the Library of Congress to be placed on its Film Registry.
Documentarian Barbara Kopple's Harlan County USA is a remarkable film, following a thirteen-month coal miner strike at the Brookside Mine in eastern Kentucky. The events escalate steadily...
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- Documentary
- PG
