Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
- strike
- kentucky
- mining
- working class
- union
- labor
- labor union
- woman director
- miners strike
- black lung
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Norman Yarborough
Self - Eastover Mining President
Houston Elmore
Self - UMW Organizer
Phil Sparks
Self - UMW Staff
Bessie Lou Cornett Parker
Self
- Sudie Crusenberry — Self
- Mary Lou Fergerson — Self
- Basil Collins — Self - Mine Foreman
- Florence Reece — Self
- Lois Scott — Self
- Directed
- Barbara Kopple
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 121 ratings
- Studio
- Cabin Creek Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
