Matewan
1987-08-28

Matewan

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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Chris CooperJames Earl JonesMary McDonnellWill OldhamDavid StrathairnKen JenkinsKevin TigheGordon ClappBob GuntonJace AlexanderJoe GrifasiNancy MetteJo HendersonJosh MostelGary McCleeryMaggie RenziTom WrightMichael B. PrestonThomas A. CarlinJenni ClineMichael MantellJ.K. Kent LillyIda WilliamsJames KizerRonnie StapletonDavide FerrarioFrank Payne Jr.John SaylesHazel DickensCharles HaywoodNeale ClarkMitch ScottHazel PearlMichael FrasherFrank Hoyt TaylorFred DeckerBill MorrisDelmas LawhornWilliam DeanP. Michael MunseyThomas Hal PhillipsStephen C. HallPercy FruitThomas PooreTara WilliamsGerald MilnesMason DaringJim CostaPhil Wiggins

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