Harlan County War (film)

Harlan County War (2000) is a television film directed by Tony Bill and written by Peter Silverman. It aired on Showtime.

Plot

A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.

Principal cast

• Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid
• Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd as Warren Jakopovich
• Ted Levine as Silas Kincaid
• Wayne Robson as Tug Jones
• Alex House as Buddy Kincaid
• Charlotte Arnold as Lucinda Kincaid
• Ker Wells as Little Lee
• Jennifer Irwin as Mary Ball
• Rufus Crawford as Bill Worthington
• Cliff Saunders as Lawrence Perkins
• Deborah Pollitt as Ora Perkins
• Tim Burd as Dillard Ball
• Tom Harvey as Jerry Selvey
• Reginald Doresa as Bronce Breckenridge
• Helen Hughes as Aunt Melva Jones

Awards and nominations

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Actress Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Hunter, nominated)

Golden Globe Awards

• Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)

Satellite Awards

• Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)

See also

• Harlan County, USA, a documentary about the Brookside strike in 1972
• Matewan, a drama about the Matewan strike in West Virginia, in 1920

References

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