Harlan County War (2000) is a television film directed by Tony Bill and written by Peter Silverman. It aired on Showtime.
Plot A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Cast Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid Stellan Skarsgård as Warren Jakopovich Ted Levine as Silas Kincaid Wayne Robson as Tug Jones Alex House as Buddy Kincaid Charlotte Arnold as Lucinda Kincaid Ker Wells as Little Lee Jennifer Irwin as Mary Ball Rufus Crawford as Bill Worthington Cliff Saunders as Lawrence Perkins Deborah Pollitt as Ora Perkins Tim Burd as Dillard Ball Tom Harvey as Jerry Selvey Reginald Doresa as Bronce Breckenridge Helen Hughes as Aunt Melva Jones
Awards and nominations Emmy Awards Outstanding Actress Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Hunter, nominated)
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (Hunter, nominated)
See also Harlan County, USA, a documentary about the Brookside strike in 1972 Matewan, a drama about the Matewan strike in West Virginia, in 1920
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