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In reply to the discussion: MATEWAN IS ON TCM NOW 7:00 PDT [View all]

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2. my personal favorite line...
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 09:21 PM
Oct 27

(maybe not an exact quote, but the best i remember)

the young man (boy) was thrown out of his lifelong church because he gave a sermon that supported the union…”…and that’s when the union became my religion.”

maybe not a blockbuster of a movie, but this one always hit deep for me.

another movie…documentary actually…that may interest those that enjoy this one is Harlan County USA…a brutal look at a coal strike in the 1970’s:

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