Matewan

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.

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  Chris Cooper

  Joe Kenehan
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  James Earl Jones

  'Few Clothes' Johnson
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  Mary McDonnell

  Elma Radnor
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  Will Oldham

  Danny Radnor
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  David Strathairn

  Police Chief Sid Hatfield
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  Ken Jenkins

  Sephus Purcell
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  Kevin Tighe

  Bill Hickey
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  Gordon Clapp

  Tom Griggs
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  Bob Gunton

  C.E. Lively
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  Jace Alexander

  Hilllard Elkins