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Matewan
John Sayles
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Film 1987
Matewan
Appalachian strike elegycoal-town solidaritylabor cinema gravity
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Synopsis
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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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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