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What it's about
Mingo County, West Virginia, 1920. Coal miners, struggling to form a union, are up against company operators and the gun thugs of the notorious Baldwin-Felts detective agency. Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between the two forces. UMWA organizer and dual-card Wobbly Joe Kenehan determines to bring the local, Black, and Italian groups together. While Kenehan and his story are fictional, the setting and the dramatic climax are historical; Sid Hatfield, Cabell C. Testerman, C. E. Lively and the Felts brothers were real-life participants, and 'Few Clothes' is based on a character active several years previously.
Cast and crew
- Director
- John Sayles
- Writer
- John Sayles
- Starring
- Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell
Details
- Release date
- Aug 28, 1987
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- United States
- Box office
- $1,680,358
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 8 nominations total
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