Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

Director: Barbara KoppleActors: Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil SparksGenre: DocumentaryRelease: 1976Region: All Region(Region Code:0)Format: DVD, Ntsc, WidescreenRunning Time: 103minAudio: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1Language: EnglishSubtitle: English, Korean, None Storyline:This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.