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November 22, 2008
Films against coal mining showing today
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Five films dealing with the impact of coal mining on air, climate, people and communities will be aired in the Cultural Center Theater from 4 to 8 p.m. today, presented by the West Virginia Sierra Club.

The Sierra Club's Coal Film Festival includes "Kilowatt Ours," a film by Jeff Barrie and Trust for the Future, that details the environmental consequences of relying on coal as a primary energy source and offers practical ideas for conserving energy.

Also showing are:

  • "The Appalachians," written and produced by Phyllis Geller, tells the story of the people who settled America's first frontier, and their descendants who continue to cling to their ancestors' love of the land. Includes Johnny Cash in his last film interview, as well as Roseanne Cash, Loretta Lynn, Little Jimmy Dickens, Marty Stuart and Ricky Skaggs.

  • "Mountain Mourning," Patchwork Films' documentary on mountaintop removal mining and its effects on people and the environment.

  • "Black Diamonds," a 90-minute documentary on mountaintop removal mining and the people who oppose it.

  • "Bringing Down the Mountains," a film project on mining by a group of Pennsylvania high school students.

    • The program will also include such speakers as Joe Lovett of the Appalachian Center for the Economy and the Environment; Judy Bonds of Coal River Mountain Watch; Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountainkeepers; Dave Cooper of the Mountaintop Removal Roadshow, and Bill Price, a Sierra Club environmental justice organizer.

    Admission to the program is free but donations are accepted.

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    Posted By: mtnmedic (3:53pm 11-24-2008)
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    Sorry about the typo on bicycle, Gilligan is getting older and he cramped up while I was typing.

    Posted By: mtnmedic (3:51pm 11-24-2008)
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    Gilligan wil be peddling the bicyls unit to power the projector. Please bring extra candles to provide the light for the projector.

    Posted By: mtnmedic (3:50pm 11-24-2008)
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    Soon to be followed by cartoons on living without electricity. If you want popcorn build a fire as the microwave and the popper will be inoperable.

    Posted By: cannonball8pd (7:42pm 11-22-2008)
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    fred brown is the rebuplicans rebuplican, if blankenship and his posse would reply it would look like a beutiful spring day in the mountians,birds singing,frogs crokking,and wildlive flurisioing,but the real truth is coal can be mined and with very little impac on theland,its called step mining with highwall miners,or better yet deep mine the coal,but massey,and operators like them want the twleve inch seens also,wake up you guys you can't have it all

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