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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.

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Box Office

Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $1,680,358
ROI: -58.0%

Verdict: Flop

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> John Sayles (Director)
> Matia Karrell (First Assistant Director)
> Benita Allen (Second Assistant Director)
> Newton Thomas Sigel (Second Unit Director of Photography)
> Haskell Wexler (Director of Photography)

Writers

> John Sayles (Writer)