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John Sayles on HARLAN COUNTY USA

Harlan County USA • 6m 28s

Director John Sayles’s films include RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS 7, LONE STAR, and MATEWAN, which chronicles the struggles of West Virginia coal miners in the 1920s as they try to unionize. The following interview was recorded in November 2005.

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