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Harlan County War
A courageous coal miner’s wife overcomes politics, poverty and violence in spearheading an intense year-long labor strike. The film, a fictional story set against the historical background of the Harlan County coal strike that took place in the 1970s, premieres Sunday, 5/4/00 at 8:00 PM (ET/PT) on Showtime.
Set in the mid-1970s, the TV-movie centers on Ruby Kincaid (Holly Hunter) who, despite the concerns of her husband, Silas (Ted Levine), forms a picket line with other wives to bolster efforts to close the mine and force labor contract negotiations. Assisted by union organizer Warren Jakopovich (Stellan Skarsgard), Ruby confronts corrupt political influences and refuses to surrender in the tense, increasingly dangerous battle of wills.
