IMDb
Original Title
Matewan
Status
Released
Production Companies
Cinecom Entertainment GroupFilm GalleryGoldcrestRed Dog FilmsWinwood Productions
Original Language
EN
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$1,680,358
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 working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Director
John Sayles
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English, Italian
