Matewan [FILM 10|20]

Film Erie presents FILM 10|20

5:00 PM

Doors and Secret Film Screening

7:00 PM

Matewan

OSCAR NOMINEE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY In 1920 West Virginia, a labor union organizer (Chris Cooper) arrives in an embattled coal community where they are being brutally and violently dominated and harassed by the mining company. The Battle of Matewan marked a turning point in the struggle for workers' rights in the USA. Also stars James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell. 1987. Period Drama. Rated PG-13.

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