a the granddaughter of a coal miner who be also a union organizer and and have be bear and bring up in appalachia and i be highly interested in the theme of this film . what a huge disappointment . holly hunter grunt and twang like a deranged daisy mae and almost unintelligibly at time . her accent be not at all mountain and but cartoonish . one could expect much more from an academy award winner . also and it might come a a huge shock to some and but people in kentucky and west virginia have have electricity and running water and and indoor facility for at least 50 year now . not only that and but hold onto your seat and now most woman there do not go around dress like a dorothea lange photograph ( and do not in 1973 and either . ) while nor do the child all go barefoot while nor do everyone live in rust out shack . for a much more realistic picture of mine family and try october sky . the story be set earlier and in the 50 while but you can see that even then and people have more semblance of civilization that the dismal one step up from heehaw that harlan county war portrays . a strange irony that this film and supposedly sympathetic to the plight of family suffer because of corporate greed and be shoot in british columbia during the film crew strike . shame on them . shame on me and too and for waste money and irreplaceable time on this letdown .