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Title
Matewan
Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Contribution
Sayles, John, 1950- (screenwriter film director)
Renzi, Maggie (film producer actor)
Rajski, Peggy (film producer)
Cooper, Chris, 1951- (actor)
McDonnell, Mary (actor)
Oldham, Will (actor)
Strathairn, David (actor)
Jenkins, Ken, 1940- (actor)
Tighe, Kevin, 1944- (actor)
Clapp, Gordon, 1948- (actor)
Gunton, Bob (actor)
Alexander, Jace (actor)
Grifasi, Joe (actor)
Mette, Nancy (actor)
Henderson, Jo, 1934-1988 (actor)
Mostel, Josh (actor)
McCleery, Gary (actor)
Wright, Tom, 1952- (actor)
Preston, Michael, 1938- (actor)
Carlin, Tom (Thomas A.), 1928-1991 (actor)
Cline, Jenni (actor)
Mantell, Michael (actor)
Jones, James Earl (actor)
Daring, Mason (composer)
Flynt, Cynthia (costume designer)
Chavooshian, Nora (production designer)
Polonsky, Sonya (editor of moving image work)
Wexler, Haskell (cinematographer)
Bishop, Dan (art director)
Cinecom Entertainment Group (production company presenter)
Goldcrest Films International (presenter)
RedDog (Firm) (production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (publisher)
Subject
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921--Drama (LCSH)
Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Drama (LCSH)
West Virginia--Race relations--Drama (LCSH)
Race relations (FAST)
Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining (FAST)
West Virginia
Coal Strike (West Virginia : 1920-1921)
1920-1921 (FAST)
Genre Form
Motion pictures (LCGFT)
Drama (LCGFT)
Feature films (LCGFT)
Fiction films (LCGFT)
Historical films (LCGFT)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired (LCGFT)
Historical films (LCGFT)
Feature films (LCGFT)
Fiction films (LCGFT)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired (LCGFT)
Language
English (eng)
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: DVE 5500 (viewing copy) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
Content
two-dimensional moving image (tdi)
Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
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Note
captions: : English
Summary
"Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners' struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan's miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his film debut), arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company's violent provocations. With a crackerjack ensemble cast--including James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Will Oldham--and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Haskell Wexler, Matewan taps into a rich vein of Americana with painstaking attention to local texture, issuing an impassioned cry for justice that still resounds today"--Container.
Table Of Contents
disc one. [Feature film]; trailer
disc two. [Special edition features].
Duration
PT133M
Origin Date(s)
1987
Authorized Access Point
Matewan
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Description Language: English

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Matewan
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