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.

• DirectorJohn Sayles
• Release28 August 1987
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 12m
• Budget$4,000,000
• Revenue$1,680,358
• Rate
  

  7.3
  116 reviews
• Productions

  Cinecom Entertainment Group, Film Gallery, Goldcrest, Red Dog Films, Winwood Productions