Harlan County, U.S.A.
Barbara Kopple (EE.UU. de América, 1976) [Color, 103 min]
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Barbara Kopple (EE.UU. de América, 1976) [Color, 103 min]
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Sinopsis:
- Aclamado documental (ganador de un Oscar) que relata con detalle la historia de una violenta huelga que los mineros de Brookside, Kentucky, mantuvieron contra la compañía minera Eastover.
Comentario personal:
- Documental sobre la huelga de los mineros del condado de Harlan (Kentuky) entre 1973 y 1974, que duró 13 meses y se resolvió con un nuevo convenio que no incluía algunas de las mejoras por las que habían luchado. La realizadora convivió con los mineros y sus familias durante cuatro años, identificándose abiertamente con su lucha; esta ausencia de falsa objetividad dota a la película de un dramatismo y un impacto emotivo difícilmente igualable. "Harlan County" es uno de los mejores documentales norteamericanos de la década de los 70 y una obra clave para analizar la realidad del movimiento obrero en los Estados Unidos, de importancia similar a la que detentan, dentro de cine de ficción, "La sal de la tierra" (1954) de Herbert Bibermann o "Matewan" (1987) de John Sayles.
AMG SYNOPSIS: Director Barbara Kopple's look at a 13-month coal miners' strike that took place between 1973 and 1974 in Harlan County, KY, is one of the great films about labor troubles, though not for a sense of objectivity. Kopple lived among the miners and their families off and on during the four years the entire story played out, and it's clear in every frame of the film that her sympathies lie with the miners and not their bosses at Eastover Mining, owned by Duke Power Company. Kopple's camera focuses on the desperate plight of people still living in shacks with no indoor plumbing and working dangerous jobs with little security and few safety rules. The miners are determined to join the United Mine Workers, and the company is determined to break the strike with scabs, who are even more desperate than the men with jobs. The miners eventually win a new contract, though it turns out that some of the benefits they had fought for were not included in the final deal. The filmmaker's strong identification with one side of a labor struggle doesn't make for a balanced historical record, but it did provide the right stuff for a powerfully dramatic film. -- Tom Wiener
AMG REVIEW: It's hard to believe that no great documentary films came out of the labor struggles of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, when unions such as the Teamsters, the United Auto Workers, and the United Mine Workers waged battles (sometimes literally) with management over basic issues that had been woefully neglected for many years. With Harlan County, USA, Barbara Kopple is able to distill many details of those earlier conflicts: the exploited workers, the bosses complaining about lost profits in the wake of rising wages and stricter safety precautions, and the divisions between the working men on strike and those desperate enough to break the picket line for any paycheck. She can do this because she lived the story for four years in a honest effort to tell all, and did not just drop in for a week as so many TV journalists seem to do. Though Kopple is clearly on the side of the miners, it's difficult to imagine a so-called objective filmmaker doing a more effective job of presenting the issues involved in this struggle. Most importantly, Harlan County, USA shows how a strong sense of community is the workers' greatest ally; the miners' wives and girlfriends offer not only moral support but even do the sometimes dangerous duty of walking the picket lines. -- Tom Wiener
En Criterion se escribió:Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling 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. Featuring a haunting soundtrack—with legendary country and bluegrass artists Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis, Sarah 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.
- Otras referencias
- "Harlan County, USA (1976): una obra maestra basada en la participación del pueblo (documental integral)". Escuela Popular y Latinoamericana de Cine, Televisión y Teatro (EPLACITE).
- "HARLAN COUNTY USA. Algo más que un documental", por Fernando Trueba. El País (09/02/1979).
Ficha técnica
- Guión: Barbara Kopple.
Dirección de montaje: Nancy Baker.
Montaje: Nancy Baker, Mirra Bank, Lora Hays, Mary Lampson.
Dirección asociada: Anne Lewis.
Fotografía: Kevin Keating, Hart Perry (Color).
Música: Hazel Dickens, Merle Travis.
Grabación de sonido: Barbara Kopple.
Producción: Barbara Kopple.
Productora: Cabin Creek.
Intervenciones:
- Barbara Kopple y el equipo de rodaje.
- Habitantes de Brookside, condado de Harlan (Kentucky).
Premios:
- 1976: Oscar mejor documental (largometraje).
Género:
- Documental / Política, USA, Mineros, Huelgas, Represión.
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