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1.50*
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Alive and kicking
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The US loves a good social drama, especially when it's the common man fighting against big, heartless corporations. Harlan County U.S.A. offers exactly that. Miners go on a year-long strike when they're fed up with the conditions they are working in. The company isn't willing to budge an inch. While not a bad documentary, it didn't really show me anything new. Classic drama and familiar arguments take up most of the 105-minute runtime, and that's really all there is to it. It must've been pretty relevant at the time and people with a soft spot for history might like it, for me, there just wasn't enough there to warrant the runtime. Read all