Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice (Documentary)

Name: Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice (Documentary)
Brand: Bullfrog Films
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BLACK DIAMONDS 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.

Product details

Number of Discs:

1

Publication Date:

2006

Publisher:

Bullfrog Films

Languages:

Published: English, Original: English

ISBN10:

1594586128

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