Matewan

Name: Matewan
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1987-08-28
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn

1987 · 1h 50m · Drama, History

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…