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Today at the Lyric
Matewan
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, Matewan celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.
Dr. John Hennen will introduce the film. Following the screening, Dr. Marian Mollin will moderate a Q&A panel featuring Dr. Hennen and local labor leaders Penny Franklin and Mark Barbour.
Dr. Hennen taught history for more than thirty years, including two decades at Morehead State University, where he is an Emeritus Professor of History. He is the author of The Americanization of West Virginia: Creating a Modern Industrial State, 1918-1925, and, most recently, A Union for Appalachian Healthcare Workers: The Radical Roots and Hard Fights of Local 1199.
