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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.
Harlan County, USA debuted at the New York Film Festival in October 1976, where it received a standing ovation. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Kopple accepting the award "on behalf of the miners of Harlan County who took us into their homes, trusted us, and shared their love with us."
Lora Hays (Spindell) (1910–2009) was an American woman film editor, primarily television shows and documentary films, including the Academy Award-winning film Harlan County, USA (1976). Early life and education
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.
The documentary, which was recently acquired by Roadside Attractions, is vying for Academy Award attention. ... (“Harlan County USA”) Richard Rowley (“ Kingdom of Silence”) and Heidi Ewing ...
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.
Barbara Kopple's 1976 documentary Harlan County USA included a segment on Yablonski's murder and its aftermath. It also includes the song "Cold Blooded Murder" (also known as "The Yablonski Murder"), sung by Hazel Dickens.
Harlan County War (2000) is a television film directed by Tony Bill and written by Peter Silverman. ... Harlan County, USA, a documentary about the Brookside strike ...