Harlan County USA - The Criterion Collection

Barbara Kopple's Academy Award-winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a coal miners' strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners' sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. With a haunting soundtrack - featuring legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, David Morris, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Florence Reece - the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.

Special Features

Commentary: Barbara Kopple (director) and Nancy Baker (editor), Interviews: Hazel Dickens (bluegrass singer-songwriter); John Sayles (film-maker), Making of Documentary, Panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Barbara Kopple and critic Roger Ebert; Essays by film critic Michael Atkinson and musician and writer Jon Weisberger; Cover by Eric Skillman, Outtakes, Trailers

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 104 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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