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Matewan
- Original title
- Matewan
- Year
- 1987
- Gender
- Drama , History
- Director
- John Sayles
- Country
- United States of America
- Details
- 132 minutes / colored / sound
Synopsis
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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