Movies: Hazel Dickens

  • 1987
    Matewan

    Matewan (1987)

    Matewan

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    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...

    Matewan
  • 1977
    Harlan County U.S.A.

    Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)

    Harlan County U.S.A.

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    This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led ...

    Harlan County U.S.A.
  • 2002
    Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

    Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song (2002)

    Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song

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    A biographical documentary about the life Hazel Dickens profiling a modern woman dealing with contemporary issues from a feminist perspective that is the product of her experiences being Appalachian, being displaced physically and culturally, being p...

    Hazel Dickens: It’s Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song