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Matewan

Bloody labor struggles in the West Virginia coal fields of the 1920's.

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  • "Earnest labor leader Joe Kenehan arrives in Matewan to better the lives of the men and women of this 'company town' through unionization. But in his efforts to organize the workers, he ignites a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption, and betrayal."
  • "Es 1920 y las minas de carbón de Virginia del Oeste están controladas por las grandes compañías del carbón. En la ciudad de Matewan, y los mineros declaran en huelga. La desesperación y la violencia no tardarán en aparecer."@es
  • "Bloody labor struggles in the West Virginia coal fields of the 1920's."@en
  • "Bloody labor struggles in the West Virginia coal fields of the 1920's."
  • "The story of a bitter clash between unionist miners and the Stone Mountain Coal Company in West Virginia. A powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal is ignited which becomes one of the most violent incidents of the Coal Wars of 1920-21."
  • "Tale of the bitter clash between the union and the coal company in the fields of West Virginia."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powder keg 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 1920s."@en
  • "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 1920ś."
  • "En 1920, dans un village minier de Virginie, les ouvriers s'engagent dans une grève pour obtenir la liberté d'association. Un organisateur syndical se rend à Matewan pour aider les mineurs à consolider leur union devant les manigances des patrons. Il arrive à négocier une entente entre les villageois et des ouvriers de race noire appelés par la compagnie pour prendre leurs places. Des fauteurs de trouble cherchent pourtant à créer des incidents violents et il s'ensuit un affrontement causant plusieurs morts."
  • "Earnest labor leader Joe Kenehan arrive in Matewan to better the lives of the men and women of this 'company town' through unionization. But in his efforts to organize the workers, he ignites a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal."@en
  • "Drame social racontant la grève des ouvriers d'un village de Virginie en 1920 pour obtenir le droit d'association. Un organisateur syndical Joe Kenehan, se rend à Matewan pour aider les mineurs à consolider leur union devant les manigances des patrons. Il arrive à négocier une entente entre les villageois et des ouvriers de race noire appelés par la compagnie pour prendre leurs places. Des immigrants italiens se joignent aussi aux grévistes. Un affrontement cause plusieurs morts. Avec Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, James Earl Jones, Mary McDounell."
  • "Miners in the town of Matewan, West Virginia, form an uneasy alliance with a union organiser, in a strike against crippling conditions and pay. With support enlisted from the Italian migrants and blacks imported as scab labour, their clash with "The Company" led to a bloody massacre and the birth of the union movement in Virginia."
  • "Miners in the town of Matewan, West Virginia, form an uneasy alliance with a union organiser, in a strike against crippling conditions and pay. With support enlisted from the Italian migrants and blacks imported as scab labour, their clash with "The Company" led to a bloody massacre and the birth of the union movement in Virginia."@en
  • "The tale of a bitter clash between union and coal company in West Virginia in the 1920's."@en
  • "The tale of a bitter clash between union and coal company in West Virginia in the 1920's."
  • "Dramatized version of the battles which took place in the coal fields of West Virginia in the 1920's when the union and the coal companies were at odds."
  • "A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption, and betrayal in a bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's."@en
  • "The tale of a bitter clash between union and coal company in West Virginia in the 1920s."@en
  • "(Producer) In 1920-s Mingo County, WEst Virginia coal miners struggling to form a union are up against company operators and gun thugs. Black and Italian miners, brought in by the company to break the strike, are caught between two forces: Union activists and ex-Wobbly Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), sent to help organize the union by bringing the local, Black, and Italian groups together. Inspired by a true story many were killed in the Matewan Massacre, but the young Danny Radnor, a coal miner and preacher, lived to spread the gospel of union."
  • "Matewan is the name of the mining community where the Stone Mountain Coal Company is attempting to smuggle in boxcars of black laborers to break a threatened strike."

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  • "Matewan"
  • "Matewan"@en
  • "Matewan"@es
  • "Matewan (Motion picture)"@en
  • "Matewan [digital videorecording]"@en

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