Harlan County, USA
Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards.
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Appalachian Mountains Kentucky |
| director | Barbara Kopple |
| editor | Lora Hays |
| musicBy | David Morris Hazel Dickens Merle Travis |
| producer | Barbara Kopple |
| productionCompany | Cabin Creek Films |
| publisher | Cinema 5 |
| theme | documentary |