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How Green Was My Valley
UNITED STATES · 1941

How Green Was My Valley

John Ford
class conflict generational divide labor rights Welsh identity coming of age
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Synopsis

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

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