Least we think that America was built by the starched shirts and expensive
suits featured on FOX News and CNN.This documentary will help to remind us that
our freedoms and working conditions were not won by U.S. soldiers in foreign
lands but through the suffering and sweat of our fathers and grand fathers in
their struggle against commercial interests.
These are my heroes, there sacrifice, courage and fortitude
are worth of our respect and gratitude.
Directors: Barbara Kopple - Production Company: Cabin Creek
- Runtime 105 Minutes.
Plot Synopsis: 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.
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Author of article: Barbara Kopple - Production Company:
Cabin Creek
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