Product Description Barbara Kopple's Oscar-winning film unflinchingly documents the coal miners' strike against the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June 1973, capturing on film the miners' violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police and company thugs. Featuring a haunting soundtrack by country and bluegrass artists including Hazel Dickens and Merle Travis, the film chronicles the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
G**N
Shows what it was like with the bosses and their thuggish henchmen
Shows what it was like with the bosses and their thuggish henchmen,only difference with UK our bosses had policemen.Very well made.
S**N
Five Stars
5* What else to say?
M**S
gritty stuff
A fascinating insight into events in Harlan County. What it must have been like in the 30's defies imagination.Excellent music score too.
T**S
Brilliant!
This observational documentary shows a side of America Hollywood doesn't want you to see. The music used in this film comes straight from the heart of the people who lived through the ordeal of struggling to survive because of corrupt officials.
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