Overview
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.
Director and cast
- Tony Bill Director
- Holly Hunter as Ruby Kincaid
- Stellan Skarsgård as Warren Jakopovich
- Ted Levine as Silas Kincaid
- Wayne Robson as Tug Jones
- Charlotte Arnold as Lucinda Kincaid
- Jennifer Irwin as Mary Ball
- Rufus Crawford as Bill Worthington
- Alex House as Buddy Kincaid
- Deborah Pollitt as Ora Perkins
- Timothy Burd as Dillard Ball
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