Harlan County U.S.A.
- Sun, Mar 30
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Director: Barbara Kopple Run Time: 103 min. Format: Digital Release Year: 1977
Starring: Bessie Lou Cornett Parker, Houston Elmore, Norman Yarborough, Phil Sparks, Sudie Crusenberry
Producer: Barbara Kopple
Fight the good fight with Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning unflinching documentary Harlan County USA as it depicts a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew capture the miners’ occasionally violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and corporate thugs. Underscored by a haunting country and bluegrass soundtrack—with legendary artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning, and Florence Reece—the film is a heartbreaking record of a year’s long struggle between a community just fighting to survive and an unfeeling corporation dedicated to profits over people. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
Accessibility Options: Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.