Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Aero Theatre, Santa Monica
### **ABOUT THE FILM:** 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. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: USA