Hard Choices is a 1985 American crime film starring Margaret Klenck, John Sayles, John Seitz, J. T. Walsh, John Snyder, Martin Donovan, and Spalding Gray.
 It was directed and written by Rick King, with story written by Robert Mickelson.
City of Hope is a 1991 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles.
 The film features Vincent Spano, Stephen Mendillo and Chris Cooper.
Liane Alexandra Curtis (born July 11, 1965) is an American film and television actress and musician.
 She has garnered a cult following after starring in such B grade theater and video releases as "" and "Girlfriend from Hell" as well as smaller roles in higher profile classics such as "Sixteen Candles" and her feature film debut "Baby It's You" directed by John Sayles.
Amigo is a 2010 American-Filipino drama film written and directed by John Sayles.
 The film takes place in the Philippines in 1900 during the Philippine–American War.
 It is one of only a small handful of films directed by an American to address the war.
 The only other notable example is "The Real Glory" (1939), starring Gary Cooper.
Lone Star is a 1996 American neo-western mystery film written, edited, and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in Texas.
 The ensemble cast features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Peña and deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors.
A filming location is a place where some or all of a film or television series is produced, in addition to or instead of using sets constructed on a movie studio backlot or soundstage.
 In filmmaking, a location is any place where a film crew will be filming actors "and" recording their dialog.
 A location where dialog is not recorded may be considered as a second unit photography site.
 Filmmakers often choose to shoot on location because they believe that greater realism can be achieved in a "real" place; however, location shooting is often motivated by the film's budget.
 Many films shoot interior scenes on a sound stage and exterior scenes on location.
Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River.
 The population was five at the 2010 census.
 During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
 The town was the filming location for John Sayles' 1987 movie "Matewan" since it still possesses many of the characteristics of a 1920s Appalachian coal town.
Maggie Renzi (born 1951) is an American film producer and actress.
 Renzi started acting as a child in the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts and continued into her 20s there and in college productions.
 She graduated from Williams College in 1973 where she met John Sayles.
 She has been John Sayles' long time companion (and collaborator) though they haven't married.
 They released their first film "Return of the Secaucus 7" in 1979 with Renzi starring as Katie Sipriano and working as unit manager, assistant editor and actually functioning as producer.
 The film won the Best Screenplay award from the
Matewan ( ) is a 1987 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles.
Go for Sisters is a 2013 crime drama, written and directed by John Sayles.
 The title refers to the history of friendship between the two main characters: when they were in high school, the two African American women were so close they could "go for sisters".
 Sayles shot the film in 19 days, using 65 locations, for under a million dollars.
 The DVD was released in August 2014 and features a Directory Commentary in which Sayles goes on at length about the art and craft of guerrilla film making.

Question: What is the filming location of the chris cooper's debut flim which was directed by John Sayles?
Answer: Thurmond