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Nov 8, 2020 · Matewan (1987) Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab...
- 132 min
- 27.3K
- Punks For Progress
Drama film about the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia between local coal miners and the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency.
- 133 min
- 9.7K
- abcc_
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920.
- 133 min
- 120.8K
- Don Sheehan
Aug 28, 1987 · Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
- (9K)
- Drama, History
- John Sayles
- 1987-08-28
The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Matewan was a critical success but a box office flop, grossing under $2 million on an estimated $4 million budget.
Apr 25, 2024 · The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia.
- 133 min
- 411
- PicturePerfectChannel
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Matewan. Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920.
