John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off from his summer ...

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — A 1987 film based on the events of a coal miners’ strike in southern West Virginia has been selected to join the National Film Registry. Matewan, a film depicting the ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

When John Sayles wrote and directed Matewan in 1987, he was already a hero to those of us following American independent film, both for his witty, energetic genre screenplays (Piranha, The Howling, ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP) — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten people ...

The story of a union organizing drive in a 1920 West Virginia coal mining community, “Matewan” will be the next film in the new “Labor Movie Night” series presented by AFSCME Local 3800 and AFSCME ...

Is it possible for the same piece of history to have two impacts on a region — more than 60 years apart? Jason Brown thinks so. The local filmmaker has set out to document just how the 1920 shootout ...

This month, director John Sayles will present a screening of his 1987 film Matewan in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Members of the cast and production team – including Oscar-winning actor Chris Cooper ...

CHARLESTON - Revisit one of the most powerful films made in West Virginia, about West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 7 as acclaimed independent film director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are ...

CHARLESTON - Revisit one of the most powerful films made in West Virginia, about West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 7, as acclaimed independent film director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are ...

MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP) — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the lives of workers a century ago. Ten people ...