Matewan's Brilliance

Director John Sayles Nails War in the Coalfields in the 1920s

Oct 29, 2024

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Two great scenes from the 1987 film, Matewan that help explain why gun culture is so strong in Appalachia. In the film, a labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West Vir…

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