'I'm not after a man, I'm after a contract'
We're deep in the Appalachian mountains this week with Harlan County USA from 1976. Featuring incredible access and footage with renewed relevancy, the film is a heartbreaking look at the bitter strike between the Brookside miners and the Eastover Coal Company.
Yes, the Bee Gees do have a track about mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S43YhQ_eGTw
This is The Recommendation Game, a weekly podcast where two film lovers take turns to recommend a film the other has not seen, they watch and then meet to discuss it. Spoilers are a given.
We are Ricardo Deakin and Orla Mc Nelis, two filmy types who love waffling extensively about movies
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