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Title: Very, very real
Review: I grew up in a Southern mill town, and my mother was a member of the TWUA. The lives of the people described in this movie is realistic in the extreme. When you watch it, look behind the story, look around the edges of the scene. What you see in the background of this movie -- the people, the places, the lives -- is absolutely real (at least it was when I was a kid). The movie was filmed in and around Opelika, Alabama. The "Golden Cherry Motel" is still there, but most of the mills have closed and the jobs have gone overseas. Whether you like the story or not, watch this movie to see a different part of America.
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