Matewan

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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When & where

Streaming TBA

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Chris Cooper
  as Joe Kenehan
• 
  James Earl Jones
  as 'Few Clothes' Johnson
• 
  Mary McDonnell
  as Elma Radnor
• 
  Will Oldham
  as Danny Radnor
• 
  David Strathairn
  as Police Chief Sid Hatfield
• 
  Ken Jenkins
  as Sephus Purcell

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