Harlan County, USA (1976)
- Original title
- Harlan County U.S.A.
- Directed by
- Barbara Kopple
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 116 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows coal miners and their families in Kentucky as they go on strike for safer working conditions and fair pay. It shows the daily struggles, the solidarity among the workers, and the violent confrontations with company security and strikebreakers.
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What happens
Harlan County USA (variously written with and without a comma) is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards. It was directed and produced by filmmaker Barbara Kopple, then early in her filmmaking career. A former VISTA volunteer, she had worked on other documentaries, especially as an advocate of workers' rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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