![Matewan Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//cESTph19WGOoOPjpqjyl7mPdL3T.jpg)
Matewan
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August 28, 1987
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Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
John Sayles
Director
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Sonya Polonsky
Editor
Cast
![Chris Cooper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//j0sQDzaDlnNAdaYhy6HRRAFi22.jpg)
Chris Cooper
Joe Kenehan
![James Earl Jones](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//oqMPIsXrl9SZkRfIKN08eFROmH6.jpg)
James Earl Jones
'Few Clothes' Johnson
![Mary McDonnell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//qqdaaFLEPXbB8thVJJkYJ4WoAuj.jpg)
Mary McDonnell
Elma Radnor
![Will Oldham](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//of8XRGkUjZ0DplI6BP5Kxw4o6yR.jpg)
Will Oldham
Danny Radnor
![David Strathairn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//fhkvTcrCDPTAclTnE7sqQS1NZKq.jpg)
David Strathairn
Police Chief Sid Hatfield