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Matewan. 73 Metascore. 1987. 2 hr 10 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. John Sayles wrote, directed and plays a preacher in this powerful re-creation of a West Virginia coal-miners strike in 1920 ...
The Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining district, in southern West Virginia.It occurred on May 19, 1920 between local coal miners and their allies and the Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency.The dead included two brothers of the detective agency's founder and Matewan's mayor Cabell ...
Matewan es una película dirigida por John Sayles con Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones. Sinopsis : En los años veinte, la historia de una violenta agitación social en un pequeño pueblo minero.
The Matewan Massacre, as it became known, only added fuel to the fire of the regional labor struggle. By July 1920, over 90 percent of miners in Mingo County had pledged the union oath. Sid Hatfield, who escaped injury at the shootout in Matewan, became a symbol of the miners’ struggle against the tyranny and violence of the mine guard system.
The Matewan Depot is OPEN Daily and welcomes visitors. The Depot showcases the rich history of Historic Matewan with exhibits on the Matewan Massacre, the Hatfield & McCoy Feud, the Floods and the Great Flood Wall, the surrounding Coal Camp, Coal Mining, the N&W Railroad, and much more.
25 de abr. de 2017 · The gunfight in downtown Matewan on May 19, 1920, had all the elements of a high-noon showdown: on one side, the heroes, a pro-union sheriff and mayor; on the other, the dastardly henchmen of the ...
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid ...
