Matewan, a 1987 film based on the events of a coal miners’ strike in southern West Virginia, has been selected to join the National Film Registry.

While promoting her newest film, "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," Winona Ryder said "Matewan," a movie about the West Virginia coal miners filmed in the Mountain State, is one of her favorites.

Perhaps the ultimate coming-home movie, “Apollo 13,” and the ultimate staying-home one, “Home Alone,” are both being honored this year, selected for preservation in the National Film ...

The Massacre was also the subject of the 1987 movie “Matewan”. This year’s Matewan Heritage Days will feature two productions of the Matewan Massacre Drama on the pavilion, along with a pig ...

Matewan movie cast and actor biographies. Check out the latest photos and bios of the cast and filmmakers of Matewan. Starring David Strathairn, James ...

Chris Cooper’s long acting career began with his role as a union organizer in the 1987 film “Matewan” about a deadly West Virginia coal miner’s strike in 1920.