Harlan County War (film)
- for the 1931 labor dispute see Harlan County War
Harlan County War (2000) is a television film directed by Tony Bill and written by Peter Silverman.
Plot
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Principal cast
- Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid
- Stellan Skarsgård as Warren Jakopovich
- Ted Levine as Silas Kincaid
- Wayne Robson as Tug Jones
- Alex House as Buddy Kincaid
- Charlotte Arnold as Lucinda Kincaid
- Ker Wells as Little Lee
- Jennifer Irwin as Mary Ball
- Rufus Crawford as Bill Worthington
- Cliff Saunders as Lawrence Perkins
- Deborah Pollitt as Ora Perkins
- Tim Burd as Dillard Ball
- Tom Harvey as Jerry Selvey
- Reginald Doresa as Bronce Breckenridge
- Helen Hughes as Aunt Melva Jones
Awards and nominations
- Outstanding Actress Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Hunter, nominated)
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)
- Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)
See also
- Harlan County, USA, a documentary about the Brookside strike in 1972
- Matewan, a drama about the Matewan strike in West Virginia, in 1920
External links
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