1987PG-13· 132 min
Matewan
It takes more than guns to kill a man.
Drama
7.4 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn
Tags
1920safrican americanambushangryappalachiaatmosphericbackwoodsbased on a true storybased on true eventsbased on true story
