HARLAN COUNTY USA Outtakes: Courtroom
Harlan County USA
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Producer-director Barbara Kopple and her crew shot hundreds of hours of film for HARLAN COUNTY USA. Presented here is one outtake, edited slightly for length, from the HARLAN COUNTY USA archives at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
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