Harlan County, USA (1976)

Winner of an Oscar for best documentary feature, Harlan County, USA tells the story of a protracted strike between UMWA workers and the Duke Power Company centering on the titular east Kentucky county. Excellent documentary, riveting story, first class engaging work. Critical of Duke Power, and to a lesser extent the UMWA leadership, the movie is very much in sync with the miners in its sympathies,the film makers spent a lot of time on the ground with them. My brother served in Harlan on his mission and I served in neighbouring counties so I've heard about this documentary and the story it chronicles for years, good to finally see it. A dramatic movie version of the same story was done by Showtime in 2000.