Matewan
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
1987 2 hours 12 minutes
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.
28th August 1987
38 years ago
2 hours 12 minutes
Finishes at 8:02am
$4,000,000 ($11,774,000 today)
Revenue $1,680,358
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
7.9/10
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