[Reader-list] Vikalp at Prithvi Screening of Academy Award-Winning Film 'Harlan County, USA', Oct 25, Bombay

[Chandni Parekh]

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Vikalp at Prithvi Presents

HARLAN COUNTY, USA

There is no bloodier chapter in the history of U.S. labor than the struggle of 
coal miners, and some of the most violent episodes within this chapter occurred 
in Harlan County, Kentucky. The people who live there remember it as “bloody 
Harlan,” the site of fierce battles between miners and coal companies that 
culminated on May 4, 1931, in a shootout that left a large number of dead and 
wounded. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us 
some background on the historical plight of the miners. The song that fixed this 
struggle forever in the folklore of U.S. labor—“Which Side are You On?”—plays an 
important role in the film as a constant reminder of the historical continuity 
of the miners’ fight.

The film won the 1976 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Runtime: 103 min

IMDbRating: 8.4/10

Monday, 25 October, 7 PM

Prithvi House, Opp Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Mumbai 


Admission Free, On A First-Come-First-Seated Basis

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