Matewan
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.
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Cast
Chris Cooper
James Earl Jones
Mary McDonnell
Will Oldham
David Strathairn
Ken Jenkins
Kevin Tighe
Gordon Clapp
Bob Gunton
Jace Alexander
Joe Grifasi
Nancy Mette
Jo Henderson
Josh Mostel
Gary McCleery
Maggie Renzi
Tom Wright
Michael B. Preston
Thomas A. Carlin
Jenni Cline
Michael Mantell
J.K. Kent Lilly
James Kizer
Ronnie Stapleton
Davide Ferrario
Frank Payne Jr.
John Sayles
Hazel Dickens
Charles Haywood
Neale Clark
Mitch Scott
Hazel Pearl
Michael Frasher
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Fred Decker
Bill Morris
Delmas Lawhorn
William Dean
P. Michael Munsey
Thomas Hal Phillips
Stephen C. Hall
Percy Fruit
Thomas Poore
Tara Williams
Gerald Milnes
Mason Daring
Jim Costa
Phil Wiggins
Ida Williams
