HARLAN COUNTY USA [BLU-RAY] (CRITERION COLLECTION)

Barbara Kopple''''s Academy Award'winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a coal miners'''' strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented access, Kopple and her crew captured the miners'''' sometimes violent struggles with strikebreakers, local police, and company thugs. With a haunting soundtrack'featuring legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, David Morris, Sarah Ogan Gunning, and Florence Reece'the film is a heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Barbara Kopple, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary by Kopple and editor Nancy Baker Making-of documentary featuring interviews with Kopple, crew members, and strike participants featured in the film Outtakes from the film Interview with bluegrass singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens Interview with filmmaker John Sayles Panel discussion from the 2005 Sundance Film Festival featuring Kopple and critic Roger Ebert Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: Essays by film critic Michael Atkinson and musician and writer Jon Weisberger Cover by Eric Skillman