Matewan

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.

• John SaylesDirector
• John SaylesWriter
• Mason DaringOriginal Music Composer

• Chris CooperJoe Kenehan
• James Earl Jones'Few Clothes' Johnson
• Mary McDonnellElma Radnor
• Will OldhamDanny Radnor
• David StrathairnPolice Chief Sid Hatfield
• Ken JenkinsSephus Purcell
• Kevin TigheBill Hickey
• Gordon ClappTom Griggs
• Bob GuntonC.E. Lively
• Jace AlexanderHilllard Elkins
• Joe GrifasiFausto
• Nancy MetteBridey Mae Tolliver