Norman Yarborough

  • Barbara Kopple – Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)

    1971-1980Barbara KoppleDocumentaryUSA

    Plot
    This film documents the coal miners’ strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk.Read More »

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