Beyond the Call 1996  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Sissy Spacek, David Strathairn, Arliss Howard, Janet Wright, Lindsay Murrell, Leslie Carlson, Ken James, Christina Collins, Andrew Sardella, Wayne Downer, Rufus Crawford, Diane D'Aquila
Pam (Sissy Spacek) reads her Connecticut newspaper and discovers that her high-school boyfriend, Russell (David Strathairn), is on death row for killing a policeman. Despite husband Keith's (Arliss Howard) objections, Pam makes many visits to Russell's South Carolina jail. While searching for a legal avenue that will lead to his freedom, Pam learns that Russell suffers from post-traumatic shock syndrome after fighting in the Vietnam War. An appeal is made, and it fails. As the execution date nears, tensions mount in the relationship of Pam and Keith.
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Harlan County War 2000  TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Bill
Cast: Holly Hunter, Stellan Skarsgard, Ted Levine, Wayne Robson, Alex House, Charlotte Arnold, Ker Wells, Jennifer Irwin, Rufus Crawford, Cliff Saunders
Based on a true story of coal miners' struggles in Kentucky, this made-for-TV film tells of the poor conditions under which the miners worked and lived and the women who joined the violent strike to improve those conditions. An Oscar-winning documentary, "Harlan County, U.S.A." was released in 1976 and is well worth watching–for the real and full story.
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| 1. Beyond the Call (1996)
2. Harlan County War (2000)
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