Mine War on Blackberry Creek materials, c.1986
Sub-Series (ap.afc.06.13)
- Extent
- 8 Video cassettes
- 7 Photo prints
- 2 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VI. Appalshop Films/Headwaters Television, 1984-1990 > Mine War on Blackberry Creek materials, c.1986
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Mine War on Blackberry Creek , a 1986 release. The film is a series of documentary vignettes on the United Mine Workers of America strike against the A.T. Massey Coal Company. Includes footage of replacement workers entering the mines with security men past picketing miners. In interviews miners discuss the history of labor struggles in the region and their determination to continue striking. Also interviewed are A.T. Massey CEO Don Blankenship, who discusses his views on capitalism, social Darwinism, and the global economy, and Richard Trumka--then-candidate for President of the AFL-CIO--who describes union values. Subjects include coal mining strikes and lockouts in Kentucky, and labor disputes.
Related Objects
Loading...