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A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Evergreen Entertainment (Firm), Film Gallery, Goldcrest Films International, Red Dog Films
Other Authors: Balsam, Mark, Cooper, Chris, Jones, James Earl, Malin, Amir Jacob, McDonnell, Mary, Oldham, Will, Rajski, Peggy, Renzi, Maggie, Sayles, John, 1950-, Silva, Jerry
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, CA] : Evergreen Entertainment, 1996
Subjects:
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 > Drama
Feature films
Films for the hearing impaired
Description
Summary:A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's
Item Description:Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Not rated
Originally released as motion picture in 1987
Stereo
"October Films."
Physical Description:1 videocassette (VHS) (142 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
Format:VHS
Production Credits:Music, Mason Daring ; editor, Sonya Polonsky ; director of photography, Haskell Wexler ; producers, Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi ; writer/director, John Sayles
ISBN:1574923609 :

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