Out of Darkness: The Mine Workers' Story

Out of Darkness: The Mine Workers' Story

1990 · 100 min · Documentary

OUT OF DARKNESS: THE MINE WORKERS' STORY is a documentary by Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY, USA). Historical film footage and photographs are integrated with first-hand accounts of UMWA history and of the Pittston strike of 1989-90.

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