Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Documentary · 1h 44m · 1/23/1977
Description
Barbara Kopple's Academy Award-winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners' strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners' sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. Featuring a haunting soundtrack—with legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning, and Florence Reese—the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Norman Yarborough
Himself - Eastover Mining PresidentHouston Elmore
Himself - UMW organizerPhil Sparks
Himself - UMW staffJohn Corcoran
Himself - Consolidated Coal President
John O'Leary
Himself - former Bureau of Mines directorDonald Rasmussen
Himself - Blackwing Clinic, WV (as Dr. Donald Rasmussen)Hawley Wells Jr.
Himself (as Dr. Hawley Wells Jr.)
Tom Williams
Himself - Boyle campaignerChip Yablonski
HimselfKen Yablonski
HimselfLogan Patterson
Himself - negotiatorBernie Aronson
Himself - UMW staffNimrod Workman
HimselfBessie Lou Cornett
HerselfJerry Wynn
Himself - minerBob Davis
Himself - minerLois Scott
HerselfJoe Dougher
Himself - minerW.A. 'Tony' Boyle
HimselfBasil Collins
Himself - mine foremanCarl Horn
Himself
Lawrence Jones
Himself - shooting victimJohn L. Lewis
Himself (archive footage)Arnold Miller
HimselfFlorence Reece
HerselfWilliam Simon
HimselfRichard Trumka
HimselfBilly G. Williams
Himself - Harlan County sheriffJoseph Yablonski
Himself (archive footage)Barbara Kopple
Herself (voice) (uncredited)Barbara Kopple
DirectorBarbara Kopple
ProducerKevin Keating
CinematograpyHart Perry
CinematograpyNancy Baker
EditorMirra Bank
EditorLora Hays
EditorMary Lampson
EditorBarbara Kopple
Sound
Woodstock
Hearts and Minds
Grey Gardens
The Times of Harvey Milk
Roger & Me
The Sorrow and the Pity
Shoah
Primary
Gimme Shelter
Coup de Grâce
The Thin Blue Line
Night and Fog
Point of Order!
Honeyland
Waste Land
The Act of Killing
Fahrenheit 9/11
Workingman's Death
Inside Job
Food, Inc.
Harlan County USA
(4K Ultra HD, Keep Case (HD, Low))
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$24.98
Harlan County U.S.A.
(Blu-ray)
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Harlan County U.S.A.
(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))
5/23/2006
$19.98
