Cast
John L. Lewis Carl Horn Norman Yarborough Logan Patterson Houston Elmore Phil Sparks
Credits
Produced by: 
Barbara Kopple
Plot
A documentary that follows a 1973 strike of Kentucky coal miners and their families against Duke Power, which shows the violence, the songs and the courage of the miners and their wives.
Sinekatalog’s take
A powerful and classic documentary on labour struggle.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (7,771 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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