1913 Massacre (2011)

1913 Massacre follows singersongwriter Arlo Guthrie to the town of Calumet a oncethriving mining town on Michigans Upper Peninsula still haunted by the tragic events that inspired Woody Guthries ballad 1913 Massacre The film captures the last living witnesses of the 1913 tragedy reconstructs Calumets past from individual memories family legends and songs and traces the legacy of the tragedy to the present day when the town out of work out of money out of luck still struggles to come to terms with this painful episode from its past