Get the Picture Matinee

Program Type:

Movie

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Discover or get reacquainted with the films that made history and changed history – before they are history!

Each screening will be accompanied by refreshments as well as an optional discussion following the feature for those who wish to dish on all things movies! 

No registration is required. 

This week, we are showing: Matewan (1987)

Written and directed by John Sayles, this wrenching historical drama recounts the true story of a West Virginia coal town where the local miners’ struggle to form a union rose to the pitch of all-out war in 1920. When Matewan’s miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia-born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the coal company’s violent provocations. Co-starring James Earl Jones, David Strathairn, and Mary McDonnell.

Run time: 133 minutes