Shot in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" commemorates labor arranging in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union coordinator, Joe Kenehan, a scab called "Couple of Garments" Johnson and also an understanding mayor and also cops principal heroically combat the power stood for by a coal business and also Matewan's vested interests to make sure that justice and also workers' legal rights need not take a back seat to squalid working problems, exploitation and the bottom line.
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Shot in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" commemorates labor arranging in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union coordinator, Joe Kenehan, a scab called "Couple of Garments" Johnson and also an understanding mayor and also cops principal heroically combat the power stood for by a coal business and also Matewan's vested interests to make sure that justice and also workers' legal rights need not take a back seat to squalid working problems, exploitation and the bottom line.
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