Comrades, Saw a really interesting (and good) movie on TCM On Demand (available until August 6) . "Matewan" (1987) <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=matewan+massacre>. Appalachian coal miners in the 1920s. Bout how black and Italian "dagos" joined with 'dirt-poor' W Virginian white folks to fight for a union.
"Matewan" was written and directed by John Sayles <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=John+Sayles> (who also was the main producer). Interesting role as 'Few Clothes' is James Earl Jones. <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=James+Earl+Jones.> The movie's like "Harlan County, USA" <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%22Harlan+County%2C+USA%22> that took place and was made in the 1970s. But while "Harlan" was more documentary-like, this one is dramatic but still showing sht as it was. What was really interesting to me was how the local law enforcement (esp in the person on one Sid Hatfield <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Hatfield>) sided with the miners against the thugs of the Baldwin–Felts guards <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin%E2%80%93Felts_Detective_Agency>, hired by the mine owners, The Stone Mountain Coal Company. Hatfield (yes, a descendant of the legendary Hatfield/McCoy feud) <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=+Hatfield%2FMcCoy+feud%29> was murdered by the Baldwin-Felts gang in 1921. Battle of Matewan Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Battle_of_Matewan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan> Although the movie is a dramatization it is filled with personages and issues based on history. This is the AI conspectus: The Battle of Matewan (also known as the *Matewan Massacre*) was a shootout in the town of Matewan in Mingo County and the Pocahontas Coalfield mining ... AI Overview People also ask: Is Matewan a true story? Yes, Matewan <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093509/> is based on a real event, specifically the historic Matewan Massacre (or Battle of Matewan) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Matewan> that happened on May 19, 1920, in West Virginia. The 1987 film uses real historical figures like police chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Cabell Testerman, but it also adds some fictional characters and subplots to tell the story. Real Historical Facts - *The Shootout:* A deadly gunfight erupted on May 19, 1920, between local town defenders and private agents from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. - *The Cause:* The detectives were evicting striking coal mining families from company-owned houses. - *The Casualties:* Ten men died in the short fight, including seven detective agents, two miners, and Mayor Cabell Testerman . - *Real People:* Figures like Police Chief Sid Hatfield and Mayor Testerman were real-life leaders who opposed the detective agency. JAI -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42706): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42706 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/120524863/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
