Harlan County, USA

1980 · Barbara Kopple

Photo: File:PICKET LINE AT THE BROOKSIDE MINE COMPANY IN HARLAN COUNTY KENTUCKY, NEAR M · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Harlan County USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky.

Details

Year: 1980wikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
Runtime: 103 minwikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
Director: Barbara Kopplewikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
Country: United Stateswikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026
IMDb: tt0074605wikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

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Sources

wikidata.org/wiki/Q1752675· checked 3 Oct 2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County,_USA· checked 2 Oct 2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_County%2C_USA· checked 3 Oct 2026