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Catherine
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Abstract: The documentary charts the escalating drama in Appalachia over the alarming increase in large mountaintop coal mines. These mammoth operations have covered 1200 miles of headwater streams with mining waste; demolished thousands of acres of hardwood forest; and flattened hundreds of Appalachian mountain peaks. Citizen testimony and visual documentation interwoven with the perspectives of government officials, activists, and scientists create a riveting portrait of an American region fighting for its life--caught between the grinding wheels of the national appetite for cheap energy and an enduring sense of Appalachian culture, pride, and natural beauty. The film includes testimony from Julia Bonds, WV citizen-turned-activist, who received the 2003 Goldman Award (the nation's largest environmental activist award); Ken Hechler, former WV Secretary of State; William Maxey, former Director of WV Division of Forestry; and the many citizens of West Virginia. Production Date: 3/11/2006 Distributor: Bullfrog Films P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547 Film Credits: Research, Consulting, Interviews by Ann Pancake; Writers: Ann Pancake, Catherine Pancake; Camera: Catherine Pancake, Bob Gates, Gretchen Heilman; Sound: David Pancake, and Bonnie Jones; Editor: Catherine Crandall; Animation: Mission Film; Graphic Design by Randy Miller; Narrated by Lauren Graham. Phone: 610-779-8226 Fax: 610-370-1978 Email / Website: winnie@bullfrogfilms.com http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bd.html Running Time: 70 Medium: DVD Film Purpose: The purpose of the film is to inform and improve viewers understanding of the environmental impact of mountaintop removal and coal mining in Appalachia. Programs in environmental education may use the film as an example of current environmental problems in the US and their solutions. The film charts radical community resistance to large coal surface mines in West Virginia and Virginia. Film Audience: The intended audience includes students of mining, energy production, environmental justice, anthropology of work, biology, geography, habitat, endangered species, natural history, Appalachia, American Studies, Environment, Environmental ethics, Business and Sociology. Filmmaker: Catherine Pancake Keywords: energy, environmental justice, coal mining |
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