Matewan

Titolo originale: Matewan
Regia: John Sayles |
Anno: 1987
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia
Tag: traitor | based on true story | west virginia | gun battle | racism | preacher | double cross | labor organizer | labor union | coal mining | workers union | 1920s | coal miner | worker's rights | miners strike | mining company | slit throat | union struggle | company town | authoritarian company | italian diaspora | gun death | hired goons |
Cast: Chris Cooper | James Earl Jones | Mary McDonnell | Will Oldham | David Strathairn | Ken Jenkins | Kevin Tighe | Gordon Clapp | Bob Gunton | Jace Alexander | Joe Grifasi | Nancy Mette | Jo Henderson | Josh Mostel | Gary McCleery | Maggie Renzi | Tom Wright | Michael B. Preston | Thomas A. Carlin | Jenni Cline | Michael Mantell | J.K. Kent Lilly | Ida Williams | James Kizer | Ronnie Stapleton | Davide Ferrario | Frank Payne Jr. | John Sayles | Hazel Dickens | Charles Haywood | Neale Clark | Mitch Scott | Hazel Pearl | Michael Frasher | Frank Hoyt Taylor | Fred Decker | Bill Morris | Delmas Lawhorn | William Dean | P. Michael Munsey | Thomas Hal Phillips | Stephen C. Hall | Percy Fruit | Thomas Poore | Tara Williams | Gerald Milnes | Mason Daring | Jim Costa | Phil Wiggins |

Un organizzatore sindacale arriva in una comunità mineraria che è brutalmente dominata e molestata dalla compagnia mineraria.