Huge Crowd Drawn To "Coal Country"

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03 November 2009, 12:08 PM
After NY premiere, coal documentary screens in Chicago, LA

Amid the hoopla for such mainstream movies as "Where The Wild Things Are" last week, another film opened in New York with its own fervent following. Nearly 1,000 people packed a premiere screening of "Coal Country," a documentary exposing the brutal impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining.

Co-hosted by Earthjustice and the Sierra Club, the screening was followed by a concert featuring Kathy Mattea, The Klezmatics, Jean Ritchie, Diana Jones and a surprise appearance by Justin Townes Earle. Two more screenings are scheduled for this month: Nov. 10 in Chicago, and Nov. 12 in Los Angeles. To make reservations and to find out more about mountaintop removal, go to www.earthjustice.org/mtr.

 

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I LIVE IN KENTUCKY WE HAVE NO COMPANYS NO INDUSTRY NOT ONE THING TO PROVIDE FOOD AND INCOME TO OUR FAMILIES COAL IS ALL WE HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES I KNOW MOST ALL OF YOU THINK WE ARE STUPID HILLBILLIES BUT WE ARE NOT. YOU BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS THAT IS SAFE I GUESS TO YOU ALL . CONGRESS APPROVES FUNDS TO BULLDOZE FOR HIGHWAYS I GUESS MOVING LAND FOR THAT IS OK TOO.GOD GAVE US FREE WATER BUT THE OTHER GENERATIONS BEFORE US SCREWED IT UP AND NOW WE PAY FOR WHAT GOD GAVE US FREE OK. WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN IS THIS MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL SO IMPORTANT TO YOU. WHEN CITIES WERE BEING BULIT CONCRETE POURED OVER FERTILE GROUND THAT IS LABELLED PROGRESS INVESTMENT FOR JOBS SECURING FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.WE HAVE COAL AND I GUESS SINCE WE ARE IN THE HILLS AND HAVE BEEN LABELED IGNORANT ON TV THAT WE ARE LIKE THE INDIANS AND ARE IN THE WAY SO ALL CAN STRIP US OF ARE HERITAGE AND STOP ANY PROGRESS WE CAN MAKE BY LEVELING THE HILLS FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPEMENT HEREBECAUSE YOU SEE US AS INSUFFIENT HUMANS AND STRIP US OF OUR WAY OF LIVING. NOT ONE MOUNTAIN TOP REMOVED HAS NOT BEEN PLANTED BACK WITH TREES OR USED FOR HOMES AND AIRPORTS NONE OF THE LAND WAS WASTED IF YOU WANT TO STOP IT WE NEED JOBS HERE. SO YOU ALL BRING IN THE JOBS AND SHOW US YOU CARE FOR US. THE HILLS ARE BEAUTIFUL HERE BUT NO TOURIST COMES HERE TO SEE THEM OR WE WOULD HAVE JOBS.
Great post and keep up the great job blogging!

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