Matewan

"Matewan" (1987) tells the gripping true story of labor organizing in 1920s West Virginia, where union organizer Joe Kenehan finds himself at odds with a ruthless coal company and a corrupt town mayor who will stop at nothing to crush the workers' movement. As tensions escalate, Kenehan faces off against hired goons, corporate spies, and even his own allies, all while fighting for justice and workers' rights in the face of exploitation and squalid working conditions.