Harlan County U.S.A.
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.
| Other Authors: | Dickens, Hazel, 1925-2011 (Singer), Travis, Merle (Singer), Perry, Hart (director of photography.), Keating, Kevin, 1944- (director of photography.), Sayles, John, 1950- (interviewee (expression)) |
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[New York?] :
Criterion Collection,
[2006]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: |
Criterion collection ;
334. |
| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Some credits from booklet; series numbering from container spine. "Janus Films"--Container. Special features: Audio commentary by Kopple and editor Nancy Baker ; "The making of 'Harlan County USA, ' a new documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members, and strike participants featured in the film ; never-before-seen outtakes from the film ; new video interview with legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens ; new video interview with director John Sayles ; a panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Kopple and Roger Ebert ; original theatrical trailer. New essays by film scholar Paul Arthur and music journalist Jon Weisberger in booklet inserted in container. Documentary. Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). Presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.78:1. Enhanced for 16:9 TVs. |
| Format: |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby Digital mono. |
| Production Credits: |
Cinematography, Hart Perry and Kevin Keating ; editing, Nancy Baker and Mary Lampson ; music, Hazel Dickens and Merle Travis ; DVD producer, Johanna Schiller. |
| ISBN: |
0780030168 9780780030169 |