Mark, I've only recently heard Hazel Dickens (saw Matewan years ago but didn't remember her!) and agree she is wonderful.

Guest, thanks for all the pertinent info on Sayles, a great film maker, a wonderful writer, as well as screenwriter...his involvement with the music industry (first book, can't remember the title) makes me wonder if he's not a bit of a player as well. I fell in love with his books and short stories, then the first movie of his I saw was Brother from Another Planet...such a great little film I've been on the lookout for all of his ever since. His films are not all equally "good" but they are all equally authentic.