Matewan (movie)
- User score: 7.3
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: John Sayles
- Production companies: Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions
- Genre: Drama, History
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Revenue: $1,680,358
- Release date: 8/28/1987
- Run time: 132 min.
Movie description
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.
