Matewan
7.4/10
Release: 28/08/1987
Duration: 2h 12m
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.
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Italian
Director:John Sayles
Writers
| Writer:John Sayles
Production
Cinecom Entertainment Group
Film Gallery
Goldcrest
Red Dog Films
Winwood Productions
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $1,680,358
