Cal Pryluck, I've always considered "Harlan County USA" to be a powerful documentary, and enjoyed your comments. You raise the question: did it really do the miners any good? I certainly don't know, but it seems likely it would do good to spread the word throughout the country that miners are getting screwed, etc. It sure seems it would help. And when the film won an Oscar, everybody was talking about it. ----- I understand Kopple has now made a similar film about the meat packing industry in Minnesota. I haven't seen it. Ernie.