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The coal miners of Harlan County Kentucky want to unionise and their employers are not happy about it. The miners go on strike assisted by their families and the community. Picket lines are broken by outsiders, but the strike carries on as corruption in high places is exposed. A harmless looking middle aged lady pulls out a snubnose from the front of her cleavage and waves it about at a union meeting, out of frustration and anger, which is one of my favourite scenes in this brilliant documentary directed by Barbara Kopple and released in time, incidentally, to win the Oscar for Best Documentary in 1976.I don't own the copyright, and hope to share with all.Category.Song. Black Lung.Artist. Hazel Dickens.Album.

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Distributed by PBS Genre Synopsis / Plot When Barbara Kopple set out to make her first documentary, Harlan County, U.S.A., in 1973, she had no idea what an adventure it would be. Kopple and her crew spent 18 months in Brookside, Kentucky, where coal miners were striking against the Eastover Mining Company, which refused to ratify a contract with the union, the UMW. The filmmakers lived in miners' homes, walked the picket line, and were shot at when negotiations deadlocked and violence erupted.The resulting film is a vibrant portrait of the harsh working conditions and unflagging spirit of a community that refuses to back down even in the face of financial hardship, as well as a history of miners' ongoing fight for recognition. Its mounting tension and outspoken cast of real-life characters give Harlan County a dramatic arc any fiction film would envy.

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But what we remember most are the faces: feisty Lois Scott organizing the miners' wives, the backbone of the strike; belligerent mine foreman Basil Collins barreling his pickup through the picket line and shooting wildly into the crowd; indomitable Florence Reese singing 'Which Side Are You On?,' a plaintive counterpoint to Hazel Dickens's authentic Appalachian soundtrack.