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Watch Harlan County U.S.A. (1977) Online

  • 7.5/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 43m
  • COUNTRIES: United States of America
  • Subtitles: English

This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004. Read More

Watch Harlan County U.S.A. online. Featuring Norman Yarborough and Houston Elmore, Harlan County U.S.A. is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.5. It is available for streaming online in the USA on 2 services such as HBO Max and Criterion Channel. The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1977. Harlan County U.S.A. was directed by Barbara Kopple,Mirra Bank,Joshua Waletzky,Anne Lewis Johnson,Hart Perry. Read Less