Kentucky Woman photograph

Kentucky Woman

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Initial release January 11, 1983
Directors Walter Doniger
ComposersGeorge Romanis
Production location(s) Martin County
mine
Paintsville
Kentucky
Screenplay Walter Doniger
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Date of Upd.
ID2157967
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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. …

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