Directed by:
Tony BillScreenplay:
Peter SilvermanCinematography:
Flavio Martínez LabianoComposer:
Van Dyke ParksCast:
Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgård, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson, Ingrid Veninger, Joan Gregson, Robert Seeliger, Alex House, Lynne Griffin, Joanne Boland (more)Plots(1)
Holly Hunter stars as Ruby, the wife of a coal miner in Harlan County, Kentucky. After two senseless deaths, the union calls a strike against the mining company. What follows is one of the most violent, bitter and notorious union battles in history. With no end to the violence in sight, Ruby decides to fight the company her own way. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Holly Hunter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/104/166104488_3da54d.jpg)
Holly Hunter
USA
Best movies:
The Incredibles (2004)
The Piano (1993)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
![Stellan Skarsgård](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/671/163671628_d25108.jpg)
Stellan Skarsgård
Sweden
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Dune: Part Two (2024)
![Ted Levine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/126/165126070_2bf22b.jpg)
Ted Levine
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Heat (1995)
Shutter Island (2010)
Wayne Robson
Canada
Best movies:
Chasing Rainbows (1988) (series)
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Ingrid Veninger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hockey Night (1984) (TV movie)
Out of the Ashes (2003) (TV movie)
Within These Walls (2001) (TV movie)
Joan Gregson
Best movies:
Life with Billy (1994) (TV movie)
Storm of the Century (1999) (series)
Afterwards (2008)
![Robert Seeliger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946783_96dc28.jpg)
Robert Seeliger
Canada
Best movies:
Two of Us (2000) (TV movie)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Gracie's Choice (2004) (TV movie)
Alex House
Canada
Best movies:
The Safety of Objects (2001)
Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End (2017)
Harlan County War (2000) (TV movie)
![Lynne Griffin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/408/165408667_c5285d.jpg)
Lynne Griffin
Canada
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) (series)
![Joanne Boland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/207/163207305_60b0c4.jpg)
Joanne Boland
Canada
Best movies:
Khaled (2001)
Two of Us (2000) (TV movie)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Ken Whiteley
Best movies:
Harlan County War (2000) (TV movie)
![Leslie Carlson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/344/160344255_201e8d.jpg)
Leslie Carlson
USA
Best movies:
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (TV movie)
The Fly (1986)
Morning Glory (1993)
![Bernard Kay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/447/160447015_798cd1.jpg)
Bernard Kay
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
![Jennifer Irwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/024/163024558_e6a57e.jpg)
Jennifer Irwin
Canada
Best movies:
Anne of Green Gables (1985) (TV movie)
Exit Wounds (2001)
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Timothy Burd
Canada
Best movies:
Cinderella Man (2005)
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Murder by Phone (1982)
Peter Spence
Canada
Best movies:
Crazy Moon (1987)
One Week (2008)
The History of Love (2016)
![Geoffrey Pounsett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/462/162462309_509e4d.jpg)
Geoffrey Pounsett
Best movies:
Nuremberg (2000) (TV movie)
The Whistleblower (2010)
It (2017)
Charlotte Arnold
Canada
Best movies:
The Safety of Objects (2001)
Time of the Wolf (2002)
Jewel (2001) (TV movie)
![Tom Barnett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/244/165244248_1dd40a.jpg)
Tom Barnett
Best movies:
The Boondock Saints (1999)
The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV movie)
Traitor (2008)
Chris Gillett
Best movies:
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) (TV movie)
The Glass Castle (2017)