Matewan
- Released on
- Runtime
- 132 mins
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.
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.
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
- Ida Williams
- 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
Director
- John Sayles
Producers
- Peggy Rajski
- Maggie Renzi
