TY - GEN N2 - A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's. AB - A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powderkeg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920's. T1 - Matewan DA - [1999] CY - Santa Monica, Calif. : AU - Rajski, Peggy. AU - Renzi, Maggie. AU - Sayles, John, AU - Cooper, Chris, AU - Jones, James Earl. AU - McDonnell, Mary. AU - Oldham, Will. AU - Daring, Mason. AU - Wexler, Haskell. CN - PN1997 CN - PN1997 PB - Artisan Home Entertainment, PP - Santa Monica, Calif. : PY - [1999] N1 - Closed captioned. N1 - Title from disc label. N1 - [A Red Dog Films Production]. N1 - Originally released as a motion picture by October Films in 1987. N1 - Special features: Production notes; trailer. ID - 313920 KW - Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 SN - 1574927833 SN - 9781574927832 TI - Matewan ER -