Matewan (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray · 2019

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Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. UMWA organizer and dual-card Wobbly Joe Kenehan determines to bring the local, Black, and Italian groups together. While Kenehan and his story are fictional, the setting and the dramatic climax are historical; Sid Hatfield, Cabell C. Testerman, C. E. Lively and the Felts brothers were real-life participants, and 'Few Clothes' is based on a character active several years previously.

Director

John Sayles

Cast

Chris Cooper,James Earl Jones,Mary McDonnell,David Strathairn,Bob Gunton,Ken Jenkins

Runtime

135 min

IMDb

7.9

Deal Score

55

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