Matewan

  • Release Date: 1987-08-28
  • Runtime: 2Hours 12Minutes
  • Language: English, Italian.
  • Director: John Sayles.
  • Production Companies: Cinecom Entertainment Group , Film Gallery , Goldcrest Goldcrest, Red Dog Films , Winwood Productions .
  • Overview: Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson 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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