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.
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
Tom Harvey
as Jerry Selvey
Reginald Doresa
as Bronce Breckenridge
