Matewan

Name: Matewan
Director: John Sayles
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1987-08-28
Rating: 7.354

It takes more than guns to kill a man.

Film19872h 12mReleased

DramaHistory

Not rated

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Details

Director: John Sayles
Language: English
Released: 1987-08-28
Runtime: 2h 12m

Community score

7.4137 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

6.7

The story

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.