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  • Matewan 1987 POSTER

    Matewan

    1987

    English

    7.9

    13

    94%

    93%

    Action

    appalachia

    based on a true story

    based on true story

    Drama

    gun battle

    History

    traitor

    west virginia

    John Sayles John Sayles Director Bob Gunton Bob Gunton as C.E. Lively Mary McDonnell Mary McDonnell as Elma Radnor Joe Grifasi Joe Grifasi as Fausto Chris Cooper Chris Cooper as Joe Kenehan
    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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