Matewan

As you know, I'm a big fan of Chris Cooper's work (especially in "Matewan").

Your Right Hand Thief 2008

As you know, I'm a big fan of Chris Cooper's work (especially in "Matewan").

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

Matewan is famous as the area where the Hatfield-McCoy feud was waged, though the actual events were scattered more generally over the entire area, from South Williamson and Pikeville in Kentucky through what is now Matewan to points north.

2008 May « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2008

Matewan is famous as the area where the Hatfield-McCoy feud was waged, though the actual events were scattered more generally over the entire area, from South Williamson and Pikeville in Kentucky through what is now Matewan to points north.

West Virginia – Almost Heaven? « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2008

Raised in Mingo County, the site of the shootout that became known as the Matewan Massacre, Estepp said he didn't discover his hometown history until he attended West Virginia University.

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I think you'll find it quoted in the film 'Matewan'.

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

A native of Louisville, Ky., he came to music by way of acting (one of his first roles was in the 1987 John Sayles film "Matewan").

Songs of Freedom 2009

"Matewan" deals with the challenging of the social order, working people confronting the power of industry.

Robert Eisele: A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike 2008

Your film "Matewan" deals with the violence between striking miners and the owners 'hired goons, the Baldwin-Felts detectives.

Robert Eisele: A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike 2008

Also, certainly at the time of "Matewan," unions were not accepted yet.

Robert Eisele: A Conversation with John Sayles on Labor and the Writers' Strike 2008