PG-132h 12m1987

Matewan

“It takes more than guns to kill a man.”

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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.

Director: John Sayles
Writers: John Sayles
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Release date: 28 August 1987
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $1,680,358