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    Harlan County, U.S.A.

    Poster of the movie Harlan County, U.S.A.
    1976     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 43min
    PG
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG in the USA.

    In this documentary about labor tension in the coal-mining industry, director Barbara Kopple films a strike in rural Kentucky. After the coal miners at the Brookside Mine join a union, the owners refuse the labor contract. Once the miners start to strike, the owners of the mine respond by hiring scabs to fill the jobs of the regular employees. The strike, which lasts more than a year, frequently becomes violent, with guns produced on both sides, and one miner is even killed in a conflict.

    Directed byBarbara Kopple
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    Featuring

    Norman Yarborough
    Houston Elmore
    Phil Sparks
    John Corcoran
    John O'Leary
    Donald Rasmussen
    Hawley Wells Jr.
    Tom Williams
    Chip Yablonski
    Ken Yablonski
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