Matewan / Film synopsis
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson (James Earl Jones) and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson (James Earl Jones) 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.
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The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Matewan.
A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company.
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A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed ... A labor union organizer comes to an embattled ...
Mar 14, 2021 · Synopsis: John Sayle's 1987 film Matewan pays credence to working class struggle and union organizing, in the context of a 1920's work cessation ...
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Indie director John Sayles' historical drama Matewan (1987) is an engrossing portrayal of real life Matewan coal mining town incident in which coal miners ...
Oct 28, 2019 · Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local ...
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Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to ...
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Jun 25, 2004 · This documentary tells the story of a Kentucky coal miners' strike and the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a ...
Aug 4, 2023 · A key character in Matewan is the teenage Danny (Will Oldham). The film is framed with his narration, an older Danny reminiscing about the ...
