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  2. Harlan County, USA - Wikipedia

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    Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards.

  3. Harlan County War - Wikipedia

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    The 1976 documentary film Harlan County, USA, winner of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, focuses on similar labor violence of the 1970s but refers to the 1930s violence as context. (Florence Reece appears in the film.) The 2000 television movie Harlan County War starred Holly Hunter.

  4. Battle of Evarts - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Evarts (May 5, 1931) occurred in Harlan, Kentucky during the Harlan County Wars. The coal miners desired improved working conditions, higher wages, and more housing options for their families. [1] These reasons, along with other factors, led the miners to go on strike.

  5. Which Side Are You On? - Wikipedia

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    The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931–39 (University of Illinois Press, 2002) is also titled after the song. Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest part 1, 2003 documentary. The song plays during the end credits of the 2016 drama In Dubious Battle. The song, Florence Reece, and the Harlan miner's strike feature in episode 2 of Damnation.

  6. Harlan County - Wikipedia

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    Harlan County, a 1969 album by American singer-songwriter Jim Ford Harlan County, USA , a 1976 American documentary film USS Harlan County (LST-1196) , a U.S. Navy tank landing ship

  7. 'Union' chronicles a labor battle against Amazon, warts and all

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    The filmmakers behind 'Union,' a documentary about the successful fight to unionize an Amazon warehouse, consider it a labor story about the gig economy and a new generation of activists.

  8. Barbara Kopple - Wikipedia

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    Harlan County, USA took four years to make and cost over $200,000. [12] Continuing production was financially demanding on Kopple and her small crew, who regularly moved back-and-forth between Harlan and New York to collect financial backing from grant proposals and odd jobs, even writing letters for money from miners’ homes. [12]

  9. 15 Most Livable Family Towns Where Your Middle-Class ... - AOL

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    Verona, Wisconsin. Population: 14,040 Median income: $109,960 Annual cost of living: $74,699 Leftover income: $35,261 Editor’s note: Photos are for representational purposes only and might not ...