Harlan County, USA [videorecording] / a Cabin Creek Film Production ; Janus Films ; a film by Barbara Kopple ; produced and directed by Barbara Kopple.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 104 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Documentary. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1976. Special features: New , restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director-producer Barbara Kopple; audio commentary by 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 legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens; never-before-seen outtakes from the film; new video interview with director John Sayles; a panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Festival featuring Kopple and Roger Ebert; new essay by film scholar Paul Arthur and music journalist Jon Weisberger; original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
In 1973, when the Brookside coal miners voted for the United Mine Workers union, the Duke Power Company refused it. Barbara Kopple documented the struggle between the miners and the company, causing a big uproar.
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