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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.
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 75% approval rating based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. [ 33 ] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, and wrote this "inspiring documentary makes an illuminating case for this vital institution as America’s time capsule and family album."
Morgan Valentine Spurlock (November 7, 1970 – May 23, 2024) was an American documentary filmmaker, writer, and television producer. He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career. [3]
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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]
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.
Spencer was found unresponsive, and jail and medical workers reportedly performed life-saving measures, reviving her. But she later died at a hospital, according to a news release by the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Authorities have not completed their investigation. Jail or Agency: Polk County Jail; State: Iowa; Date arrested or booked: 6/9/2016