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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
Harlan County, USA is a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike" ,an effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Po...
- 105 min
- 4.7K
- Salty Dawg Entertainment
Harlan County, USA is a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike" ,an 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 in 1973.
- 104 min
- 20.9K
- RustyGuts
Watch Barbara Kopple's Oscar-winning film about the 1973 labor conflict in rural Kentucky. See how the miners and their families fought for better working conditions and...
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- Barbara Kopple
- PG
- Cabin Creek
Feb 16, 2006 · Nowhere has the plight of the American mineworker been so powerfully chronicled as in "Harlan County, U.S.A." 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 ...
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Currently you are able to watch "Harlan County U.S.A." streaming on Max, Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel. Synopsis This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973.
