The Local to Global Film Series will discuss “Matewan” Dec.17 at 5:30 p.m. History professor Hal Gorby from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will lead the discussion.
“Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, “Matewan” celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper), a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson (James Earl Jones) 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.” -IMDB.com
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