The film chronicles a coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine in Harlan County, Kentucky, sparked by the company's refusal to sign a contract with the United Mine Workers of America in June 1973. The strike, which lasted over a year, was marked by violent clashes between company enforcers, scabs, and the striking miners, supported by their wives.
Harlan County U.S.A.
A poignant portrayal of a community's desperate 13-month battle against a corporation driven solely by profit.
