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Coal
Keeps a workable bridge into film through after-hours and longing.
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Coal
Keeps a workable bridge into film through after-hours and longing.
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Matewan
Carries a strong pull into books through South Asia.
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Matewan
1980s
Matewan is a 1987 American independent film drama written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. The film dramatizes the events of the 1920 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' str...
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Coal
2020s