Kentucky Woman
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Initial release | January 11, 1983 |
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Directors | Walter Doniger |
Composers | George Romanis |
Production location(s) | Martin County |
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Screenplay | Walter Doniger |
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ID | 2157967 |
About Kentucky Woman
Maggie Telford (Cheryl Ladd) is a single mother working as a waitress in a small Kentucky town. She gets by with the help of her father, Luke (Ned Beatty), a coal miner. But a life in the mines has given Luke black lung, leaving him unemployed and the family strapped for cash. Desperate to make endsmeet, Maggie goes to work in the mines. As a miner, Maggie has to struggle to overcome not only the dangerous work environment, but the sexist attitudes of the male miners. …