Matewan
7.3
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Directed by: John Sayles
Overview
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Recommendation & Similar
The Molly Maguires (1970)
Rosewood (1997)
Pale Rider (1985)
Glory (1989)
Lawless (2012)
The Patriot (2000)
Son of the South (2021)
The Burial (2023)
The Devil All the Time (2020)
Norma Rae (1979)
The Monuments Men (2014)
The Best of Enemies (2019)
Last Man Standing (1996)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Black Mass (2015)
Walking Tall (1973)
Emancipation (2022)
Emperor (2020)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Gods and Generals (2003)
