---
title: 'Harlan County, USA (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barbara Kopple'
released: '1976-10-15'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/harlan-county-usa-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074605/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Harlan County, USA (1976)

1976 · 103 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Harlan County USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barbara Kopple](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-kopple)
- **Screenplay:** [Barbara Kopple](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-kopple)
- **Producer:** [Barbara Kopple](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-kopple)

## Cast

- [John O'Leary](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-o-leary)

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