12/15/2023
West-Virginia based film “Matewan” now part of National Registry.
https://www.wowktv.com/news/entertainment-news/movie-about-west-virginia-coal-miners-picked-to-be-part-of-national-film-registry/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2LZqYwJKEVRbJ8J4uliwdq3h37EfI0Kj_PIoHvDHBZ_bvyprhbV1gQsPY_aem_AaoEXakWf8tVm7A8T2FDgLps9MabCNxe3hdewly4orftOUjrYbMBTgMzEkKiNp_d1-Q
The John Sayles-directed film is set in 1920s Mingo County and dramatizes the Matewan Massacre, a bloody battle between coal miners and Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency men.