Hey guys. The site looks great! Thanks for setting it up. My apologies for not visiting earlier. I plan on visiting this site regularly now, but I am still catching up on reading all the past posts. This Sunday, for our second film in the women directors series, I have selected the 1976 documentary Harlan County, U.S.A. directed by Barbara Kopple. Here is a brief synopsis from Netflix:
"Director Barbara Kopple's film about the 1973 coal miners' strike in Harlan County, Ky., won a Best Documentary Oscar and was selected for the National Film Registry. Highlighting the struggles of families living in shacks with no indoor plumbing and enduring hazardous working conditions, the film details the conflict between the Eastover Mining Co. and the laborers determined to join the United Mine Workers of America."
While looking on Wikipedia for Women's Cinema for some ideas, I recognized the title of this film but knew nothing about it. I was hooked after reading about it. I recently finished reading Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States which dealt with a lot of labor movements and how laborers were routinely treated like shit by the companies (and the government) even when their demands were very fair. It is shocking how many laborers have been killed in the history of this country. Hopefully the subjects of this documentary won't meet with such a fate.
Anyway, you know the drill. I'll have coke, bottled water, and (probably) some beer. I'm getting the 5-5-5 deal from Domino's (cheese, pepperoni, and sausage) like last time. See you guys then!
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