The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Matewan was a critical success but a box office flop, …

Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West …

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Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all …

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Directed by John Sayles with Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn.

A labor leader's efforts to unionize coal company workers spark one of the most violent incidents in the history of the 1920-21 Coal Wars. Watch trailers & learn more.

Matewan is a 1987 American independent drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldh...

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage.