Harlan County, USA

Harlan County, USA is an American documentary from 1976 directed by Barbara Kopple. ==Content[ Edit] == The film shows a strike in Harlan County, Kentucky, filmed from the point of view of the strikers. Kopple, a trade union lawyer, followed a few years a group of workers with their family during the protests against the Commission of the Duke Power Plant. The film shows many shocking images such as death sick people on their deathbed and a visible attempted murder. ==Prices[ Edit] == The film won the Oscar for best feature documentary in 1990 and was included in the National Film Registry. In 2000, a fictional television film under the name Harlan County War that was based on the events in the film.