| | | Year Released: |  1987 |
Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 4.5 out of 5 4 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Chris Cooper
James Earl Jones
Mary McDonnell
Will Oldham
David Strathairn
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| Movie Haiku: | Idealistic union organizer struggles to mold a loose coalition of townspeople, Italian immigrants, and black scab workers. The result is a coal miner’s strike that ultimately shakes the roots of the West Virginia power structure. Intensity builds slowly to a heart breaking yet ennobling finale. John Sayles’s breakout film |
ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: |
Women filmmakers? | No |
Jewish content? | No |
Haiku Posted: | 1999 |
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