Matewan
1987·Movie
·2h 12min·
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It takes more than guns to kill a man.
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Labor OrganizingWest Virginia Coal Mines1920s HistoryClass StruggleWorkers' RightsSocial JusticeHistorical DramaUnionizationPolitical Commentary
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Directed by:
John Sayles, Matia Karrell, Benita Allen
Written by:
John Sayles
Produced by:
Sarah Green, Avy Kaufman, Paul Marcus
Composed by:
Mason Daring, John Sutton, Skip Lievsay
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