Harlan County USA
Presented by Cabin Creek Films
University of Ottawa
Friday October 19, 2007
Screening begins 19h00
Venue: University of Ottawa, MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146), 150 Louis Pasteur Street, Ottawa, Ontario
USA/1976/104 Minutes/English
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973.
Eastovers refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk.
Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA.
Source:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605
Official website:
www.cabincreekfilms.com
Directors Info:
Barbara Kopple
She has won 2 Oscars, another 17 wins and 3 nominations for her films. For more info go to these website links below.
IMDb profile:
www.imdb.com/name/nm0465932
Myspace profile:
www.myspace.com/barbarakopple
Film website:
www.cabincreekfilms.com
Director profile:
www.cabincreekfilms.com/barbara_kopple.html
Movie reviews:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060216/REVIE...
www.variety.com/review/VE1117791508.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
www.cabincreekfilms.com/background.html
Media:
Interview:
www.econoculture.com/m/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Item...
Movie trailer:
Directed by
Barbara Kopple
Cast (in alphabetical order)
W.A. 'Tony' Boyle ... Himself
Basil Collins ... Himself - mine foreman
Carl Horn ... Himself
Lawrence Jones ... Himself - shooting victim
John L. Lewis ... Himself (archive footage)
Arnold Miller ... Himself
Florence Reece ... Herself
Lois Scott ... Herself
William Simon ... Himself
Richard Trumka ... Himself
Billy G. Williams ... Himself - Harlan County sheriff
Nimrod Workman ... Himself
Joseph Yablonski ... Himself (archive footage)
Ken Yablonski ... Himself
Barbara Kopple ... Herself (voice) (uncredited)
Produced by
Barbara Kopple .... producer
Original Music by
Hazel Dickens
Merle Travis
Cinematography by
Kevin Keating
Hart Perry
Film Editing by
Nancy Baker
Mirra Bank
Lora Hays
Mary Lampson
Production Management
Marc Weiss .... production manager: Miller-Boyle Campaign (as Marc N. Weiss)
Sound Department
Rhetta Barron .... assistant sound editor
Tim Colman .... additional sound
Lee Dichter .... sound re-recording mixer
Bob Gates .... additional sound
Barbara Kopple .... sound recordist
Judy Rabinovitz .... assistant sound editor
Helene Susman .... assistant sound editor
Joshua Waletzky .... sound editor (as Josh Waletzky)
John Walz .... additional sound
Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Donovan .... assistant camera
Michael Hamilton .... assistant camera
Tom Hurwitz .... additional cinematographer
Anne Lewis II .... assistant camera
George Liebert .... assistant grip
Alex Lukman .... assistant camera
Flip McCarthy .... additional cinematographer
Phil Parmet .... additional cinematographer
Shane Zarintash .... assistant camera
Editorial Department
Mirra Bank .... contributing editor
Lora Hays .... consulting editor
Lawrence Mischel .... negative cutter
Sue Mischel .... negative cutter
Other crew
Mariann Dusseldorp .... unspecified assistant
Barbara Johnson .... unspecified assistant
Anne Lewis II .... associate director
Teri Siegel .... unspecified assistant
Thanks
D.A. Pennebaker .... thanks
Rip Torn .... thanks
