Matewan
John Sayles | United States of America
August 28, 1987 | 132m
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
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Overview:
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.
Credits
| Chris Cooper | Joe Kenehan |
| James Earl Jones | 'Few Clothes' Johnson |
| Mary McDonnell | Elma Radnor |
| Will Oldham | Danny Radnor |
| David Strathairn | Police Chief Sid Hatfield |
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