| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 334 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 334.
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| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Hart Perry, Kevin Keating ; editors, Nancy Baker, Mary Lampson ; music, Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Chronicles the 1973 Harlan County, Kentucky coal miners' strike against the operators of the Brookside mine and the Duke Power Company, which resulted from the company's refusal to honor the national contract of the United Mine Workers of America when the miners joined the union. |
| Note |
Optional audio commentary with producer/director Barbara Kopple. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Contents |
Supplements: The making of Harlan County USA (22 min.) -- Outtakes (27 min.) -- Hazel Dickens interview (12 min.) -- John Sayles on the film (7 min.) -- Harlan County USA at Sundance ( 14 min.) -- Trailer (3 min.). |
| Subject |
Coal Miners' Strike, Harlan County, Ky., 1973 -- Videodiscs.
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Coal miners -- Kentucky -- Harlan County -- Videodiscs.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Kentucky -- Harlan County -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Harlan County (Ky.) -- Videodiscs.
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United Mine Workers of America -- Videodiscs.
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Eastover Mining Company -- Videodiscs.
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Duke Power Company -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Kopple, Barbara.
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Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011.
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Perry, Hart.
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Keating, Kevin.
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Baker, Nancy.
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Lampson, Mary.
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Cabin Creek Films.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780030168 |
| Standard No. |
037429208328 |
| Music No. |
HAR120 Criterion Collection |
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