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Matewan

Title
  1. Matewan / Cinecom International Films.
Published by
  1. [United States] : Evergreen Entertainment, c1987.

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Additional authors
  1. Rajski, Peggy
  2. Cooper, Chris
  3. Jones, James Earl
  4. McDonnell, Mary
  5. Oldham, Will
  6. Renzi, Maggie
  7. Sayles, John, 1950-
  8. Cinecom International Films.
  9. Evergreen Entertainment (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (142 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. The story of a bitter clash between unionist miners and the Stone Mountain Coal Company in West Virginia. A powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal is ignited which becomes one of the most violent incidents of the Coal Wars of 1920-21.
Subject
  1. Labor disputes > West Virginia > History
  2. Coal miners > Labor unions > Organizing > West Virginia > History
  3. Race relations in motion pictures
  4. African Americans in motion pictures
  5. Video
  6. Feature films
  7. Historical films
  8. Coal miners > West Virginia > History
  9. West Virginia > History > To 1950
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Video.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-184
Note
  1. Originally produced as a motion picture.
Credits (note)
  1. Producers, Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi; writer/director, John Sayles; music, Mason Daring; director of photography, Haskell Wexler.
Performer (note)
  1. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. Matewan / Cinecom International Films.
Imprint
  1. [United States] : Evergreen Entertainment, c1987.
Cast
  1. Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham.
Credits
  1. Producers, Peggy Rajski, Maggie Renzi; writer/director, John Sayles; music, Mason Daring; director of photography, Haskell Wexler.
System details
  1. VHS.
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  1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound
Added author
  1. Rajski, Peggy, film producer.
  2. Cooper, Chris, actor.
  3. Jones, James Earl, actor.
  4. McDonnell, Mary, actor.
  5. Oldham, Will, actor.
  6. Renzi, Maggie, film producer.
  7. Sayles, John, 1950- film director.
  8. Sayles, John, 1950- screenwriter.
  9. Cinecom International Films.
  10. Evergreen Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN
  1. 1574923609
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-184
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