Matewan (#999) USED Hicksploitation Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Video introduction by Alex Cox

pagan vengeance and hallucinatory terror

Featuring scenes to sicken and stupefy in equal measure (the appearance of a ghoulish singing pizza is a particular standout)

Matewan (#999) USED Hicksploitation Hugh HerbertWritten and directed by John Sayles (Lone Star), 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 the town of Matewans miners go on strike, organizer Joe Kenehan (Chris Cooper, in his screen debut) arrives to help them, uniting workers white and black, Appalachia born and immigrant, while urging patience in the face of the