Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners’ sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. With a haunting soundtrack—featuring legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, David Morris, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Florence Reece—the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line. Film Info United States 1976 104 minutes Color/Black and White 1.33:1 English Spine #334

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

•       New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Barbara Kopple, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

•       Audio commentary by Kopple and editor Nancy Baker

•       Making-of documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members, and strike participants featured in the film

•       Outtakes from the film

•       Interview with bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens

•       Interview with filmmaker John Sayles

•       Panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Kopple and critic Roger Ebert