Matewan (/ ˈmeɪtwɒn /) is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek. The population was 412 at the 2020 census, down …

Matewan: Directed by John Sayles. With Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell, Will Oldham. A labor union organizer comes to an embattled mining community in 1920 West …

One of the most infamous events of the West Virginia mine wars was a deadly shoot-out in the mining town of Matewan in Mingo County.

Apr 25, 2017 · The combination of perilous working conditions and miner-guard tensions led to a massive strike in 1912 in southern West Virginia (Matewan sits on the state’s southern border …

Welcome to Matewan, a town where rich history meets unique adventures. Home to one of the most famous family feuds in American history, the Hatfield-McCoy’s, Matewan is a living piece …

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For decades the town of Matewan was repeatedly drowned by floods from the nearby river the Tug River; it had an unwelcome reputation as the most frequently flooded town in America.

Directed by John Sayles with Chris Cooper, James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn. Matewan Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/43xT1DX...more

The film dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia. Matewan was a critical success but a box office flop, …

Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all …