IMDB: 7.9 August 28, 1987 135 min Drama, History USA John Sayles Chris Cooper, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham, David Strathairn, Ken Jenkins
Matewan: Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a nineteen twenty 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.
