Harlan County USA
Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. Featuring a haunting soundtrack—with legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah Gunning, and Florence Reece—the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director-producer Barbara Kopple
- Audio commentary by Kopple and editor Nancy Baker
- The Making of “Harlan County, USA,” a new documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members and strike participants featured in the film
- New video interview with legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens
- Never-before-seen outtakes from the film
- New video interview with director John Sayles
- A panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Kopple and Roger Ebert
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New essays by film scholar Paul Arthur and music journalist Jon Weisberger
New cover by Eric Skillman
Special Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director-producer Barbara Kopple
- Audio commentary by Kopple and editor Nancy Baker
- The Making of “Harlan County, USA,” a new documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members and strike participants featured in the film
- New video interview with legendary bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens
- Never-before-seen outtakes from the film
- New video interview with director John Sayles
- A panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Kopple and Roger Ebert
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- New essays by film scholar Paul Arthur and music journalist Jon Weisberger
New cover by Eric Skillman
Credits
- Director
- Barbara Kopple
- Producer
- Barbara Kopple
- Editing
- Nancy Baker
- Associate director
- Anne Lewis
- Principal cinematographer
- Hart Perry
- Cinematography
- Kevin Keating
- Sound
- Barbara Kopple
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