Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)

This week's Watchcast takes us on a trip down to Harlan County, U.S.A. as we tackle Barbara Kopple's gripping (and Academy Award winning) documentary about the 1973 miners' strike against Duke Power.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 179: Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976)
(00:00:57) - Intro.
(00:07:38) - Geography lessons with the Nextlander gang.
(00:12:53) - On Bloody Harlan, and some discussion of the movie's structure.
(00:20:41) - How this movie came to be.
(00:37:02) - Break!
(00:37:24) - We're back, and it's time to venture down to Kentucky.
(00:42:01) - Our first glimpses at the life of the strikers.
(00:51:34) - A personal retelling of Bloody Harlan, and the first encounter with the gun thugs.
(00:58:05) - The women of the community become more directly involved.
(01:05:24) - Open conflicts begin to errupt, and people are taken to jail.
(01:10:37) - Heading to New York.
(01:17:22) - The Farmington accident, and discussion of black lung.
(01:23:26) - The Boyle/Yablonski affair.
(01:32:02) - Tensions are boiling in Harlan.
(01:41:13) - The road blockade and the warrant for Basil Collins.
(01:46:58) - The killing of Lawrence Jones.
(01:51:18) - The fight is never over.
(02:01:24) - Final thoughts.
(02:07:00) - Housekeeping for next week's doc: Apollo 11!
(02:11:45) - Outro.