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Documentaries like Harlan County U.S.A.

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The 3 reasons people love Harlan County U.S.A.

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  1. You want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.

  2. You like seeing a mining town take on a corporation.

  3. You like the union songs that run through it.

Picks that share your reasons

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  • The Times of Harvey Milk1984

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months

    Good for you if you want the real Harvey Milk, in the footage of his time.

  • Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple2006

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months

    Good for you if you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.

  • Roger & Me1989

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you like seeing who pays when a giant company leaves.

  • When We Were Kings1996

    • the union songs that run through it

    Good for you if you like soul and African music filling a documentary.

  • Gimme Shelter1970

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • the union songs that run through it

    Good for you if you want the Stones live at their peak.

  • Chernobyl2019

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months

    Good for you if you want to understand a real disaster.

  • Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom2015

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you want to see the 2013 Maidan protests from inside the crowd.

  • Marley2012

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation
    • the union songs that run through it

    Good for you if you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • Hearts and Minds1974

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you like a film made in the middle of the events it shows.

  • Blackfish2013

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you like former trainers admitting what they didn't want to see.

  • Collective2019

    • you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months
    • seeing a mining town take on a corporation

    Good for you if you want a true investigation filmed as it happens.

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