Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matewan is a superb film, good acting, excellently shot, and a rivetting story. The ending is violent, but that too is well done. The film is about a coal ...

Indie director John Sayles' historical drama Matewan (1987) is an engrossing portrayal of real life Matewan coal mining town incident in which coal miners ...

A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. · Mingo County, West Virginia ...

Written and Directed by John Sayles (PIRANHA, THE HOWLING) this 1920's set drama based on real events, details the brutal battle between miners, ...

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Jun 25, 2004 · Film. Written and directed by John Sayles. 1987. 132 minutes. A feature film depicting a strike in a mining town in Appalachia and the struggle ...