Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

Director: Barbara Kopple
Actors: Norman Yarborough, Houston Elmore, Phil Sparks
Genre: Documentary
Release: 1976
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Widescreen
Running Time: 103min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 5.1
Language: English
Subtitle: 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.