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posted by la belle epoque in on Aug 22, 2012 - View profile

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Projection du film: Matewan // Film Screening: Matewan


7:00pm
 - 9:00pm
Thursday August 30 2012

Venue: La Belle Époque, Espace Social Anarchiste
Address: 1984 rue Wellington, métro Charlevoix
Cost: Free
Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible

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Projection du film: Matewan

(En Anglais avec sous-titres français) (135 min)

Drame américain de 1987 illustrant les événements connu comme la Bataille de Matawan ou le Massacre de Matawan. En 1920,les ouvriers d'une mine de charbon font la grève et tente de fonder un syndicat pour améliorer leurs condition de travail dans une petite ville de Virginie Occidentale. Le 19 mai une fusillade éclatte entre les grévistes et les employés de l'agence de détectives Baldwin-Felts,qui avait été mandaté pour évincer les familles vivant au camp de la mine. Sept détectives et quatre citoyens furent tué.

Voir la bande annonce: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIoiHf_Lt4

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Film Screening: Matewan

(English w/French Subs) (135 min)

Matewan (1987) is an American drama film, illustrating the events of a coal mine-workers' strike and attempt to unionize in 1920 in Matewan, a small town in the hills of West Virginia, U.S.A.

The film is based on the Battle of Matewan (also known as the Matewan Massacre) which was a shootout in the town of Matewan on May 19, 1920 between local miners and the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency who had been enlisted to evict families living at the mountain coal camp. The ensuing gun battle left seven detectives and four townspeople dead.

View the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCIoiHf_Lt4

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