Release Date
1987-08-28
Status
Released
Original Title
Matewan
Runtime
2h 12m
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$1,680,358
Original Language
EN
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest Films International, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions
Overview
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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