American Experience Mine Wars (Season 28, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Mine Wars (Season 28, Episode 6)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Efforts of the United Mine Workers, led by Mother Jones, to organize coal miners in southern West Virginia at the beginning of the 20th century leads to violence and insurrection.

Director

Randall MacLowry

Writer

Mark Zwonitzer

Producers

Molly Jacobs | Randall MacLowry

Composer

P. Andrew Willis

Cinematographer

Stephen McCarthy

Editors

Mark Dugas | Glenn Fukushima

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Updated Jan 26, 2016

Release date

Jan 26, 2016 (United States)

Awards

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Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 123 nominations

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Murphy Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
James Robert Green Self - Professor of History Self - Professor of History See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Doug Estepp Self - Local Historian, West Virginia Self - Local Historian, West Virginia See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Rosemary Feurer Self - Associate Professor and Lead Historian for the Mother Jones Museum Self - Associate Professor and Lead Historian for the Mother Jones Museum See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Thomas G. Andrews Self - Professor of History and Author of 'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War' Self - Professor of History and Author of 'Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War' See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Denise Giardina Self - Novelist Self - Novelist See fewer	Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People (2009)
Beverly Gage Self - Professor of 20th-Century American History, Yale University Self - Professor of 20th-Century American History, Yale University See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Joe William Trotter Jr. Self - Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University Self - Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Rebecca J. Bailey Self - Historian, Northern Kentucky University Self - Historian, Northern Kentucky University See fewer	American Experience (1987)
C. Belmont Keeney Self - Historian (as Chuck Keeney) Self - Historian (as Chuck Keeney) See fewer	From the Ashes (II) (2017)
Ellis Ray Williams Self - Former Coal Miner Self - Former Coal Miner See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Jean Battlo Self - Local Historian, West Virginia Self - Local Historian, West Virginia See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Carl Starr Self - Former Coal Miner Self - Former Coal Miner See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Ronald L. Lewis Self - Historian, Department of History, West Virginia University Self - Historian, Department of History, West Virginia University See fewer	American Experience (1987)
John Alexander Williams Self - Professor of History, Appalachian State University Self - Professor of History, Appalachian State University See fewer	Burning Springs (2014)
David Alan Corbin Self - Author of 'Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars' Self - Author of 'Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars' See fewer	American Experience (1987)
John Hennen Self - Professor, Morehead State University Self - Professor, Morehead State University See fewer	American Threnody (2007)
Paul H. Rakes Self - Professor, West Virginia University Self - Professor, West Virginia University See fewer	American Experience (1987)
William Sidney Hatfield Self - Police Chief of Matewan, West Virginia (archive footage) (as Sid Hatfield) Self - Police Chief of Matewan, West Virginia (archive footage) (as Sid Hatfield) See fewer
Billy Mitchell Self - Deputy Director of the US Air Service (archive footage) Self - Deputy Director of the US Air Service (archive footage) See fewer
Harry Hill Bandholtz Self - US Army General (archive footage) (as General Bandholtz) Self - US Army General (archive footage) (as General Bandholtz) See fewer

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