Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, John Sayles stunning MATEWAN celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920’s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan (the first film starring the amazing Chris Cooper), a scab named “Few Clothes” Johnson (James Earl Jones) and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by the coal company and MATEWAN’s vested interests. (1987, 135 min.) For more information contact Eleanor Nichols - nicholse@sonoma.edu.