Harlan County, USA

DVD 2006

Documents the 1973 Kentucky coal miners' strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company, which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the national contract of the United Mine Workers of America.

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Coal Miners' Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1973

Coal miners Kentucky Harlan County

Duke Power Company

Eastover Mining Company

Harlan County (Ky.) History

United Mine Workers of America

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Documentary films Video recordings

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 334 Criterion collection ; 334. DVD

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ISBN:

9780780030169

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1976
Special features: audio commentary by producer Kopple and editor Nancy Baker; "The making-of 'Harlan County, USA': a new documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members and strike participants featured in film; New video interview with bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens; never-before-seen outtakes from the film; video interview with director John Sayles; a panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Festival featuring Kopple and Roger Ebert ; original theatrical trailer
Cinematography, Hart Perry, Kevin Keating ; editor, Nancy Baker ; music, Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
Winner of Academy award for best documentary film, 1976

Control Number:

522503

UPC:

037429208328

Other Authors:

Cabin Creek Films
Dickens, Hazel, 1925-2011
Kopple, Barbara

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