A look at a weekend in the coal-mining village of South Elmsall, near Doncaster. ... Revisiting the story of the Craghead miners from a documentary made in 1969. (1990) Release date: 04 Jan 1990 ...
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King Coal is directed by award-winning doc filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon, director of the doc films Hollow: An Interactive Documentary, 11/8/16, Recovery Boys, Heroin(e), and many short films ...
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Documentary A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all. Director Bill Haney Writers Bill Haney Peter Rhodes Stars …
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The Mine Wars: Trailer. In the early 1900s, a struggle over working conditions of coal miners led to the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and turned parts of West ia into a war...
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In this documentary, Sarah Rush takes us back to the coal-mining town of her youth -- Carmichaels, Penn., population: 556. At the 50th anniversary of the Coal Queen Pageant in August 2003, ... See full summary » Directors: Jody Eldred, David Hunt | Stars: Norrell Moore, Andrea Patrick, Sarah Rush. Votes: 54
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Movie Info. In this documentary about labor tension in the coal-mining industry, director Barbara Kopple films a strike in rural Kentucky. After the coal miners at the Brookside Mine join a union ...
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Coal's Deadly Dust. January 22, 2019 / 32m. Season 2019: Episode 6. Watch the Trailer. Produced by: Elaine McMillion Sheldon. Howard Berkes. FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the rise of severe black ...
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The year the Pennsylvania coal mining film was released, the country was in the midst of the Great Depression; unemployment was at 21%, a staggering number compared to the average of 5%, and 10 million people were out of work. i In spite of the ongoing Depression, an average of 75 million people, out of a total population of 127 …
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"Searching for Buxton" Documentary (Part One and Part Two) A young African-American goes searching for his family's past in a long-disappeared Iowa coal mining town and discovers that much of the prosperity and …
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That's where Hillbilly comes in. Directed by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Sally Rubin and Ashley York, the documentary follows self-described "progressive feminist" York back to her hometown of ...
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And yet coal and coal mining occupy an almost mythic place in the American imagination that belies the labor force statistics. In the documentary King Coal, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and Appalachia native Elaine McMillion Sheldon examines a part of the country deeply embedded, one might say, in the charred rock.
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The Last Mountain, a haunting documentary that chronicles the mining industry's ongoing quest to extract every last piece of coal from the Appalachian Mountains, has the answer to that question, and it's a painfully obvious one: money.The movie centers on the plight of the residents of West ia's Coal River Valley as they try to stop the practice of …
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The Bituminous Coal Queen pageant, an event that is held every year in the tiny southwestern Pennsylvania town of Carmichaels (population 434). Under other lenses, these events might seem quaint ...
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Through a complex human story that cuts across environment, economics, public policy, and culture, the story of Beverly May and Terry Ratliff reveals the devastating impact of our energy ...
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T he film-maker Elaine McMillion Sheldon grew up roving around West ia. Like many children of Appalachia, her world was shaped by coal – her father worked for a mining company, and the ...
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In this documentary about labor tension in the coal-mining industry, director Barbara Kopple films a strike in rural Kentucky. After the coal miners at the Brookside Mine join a union, the owners ...
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Elaine McMillion Sheldon's new film defies labels. It's about the reign of king coal in Appalachia, and she knows the territory. She's a filmmaker with many awards - a Peabody ...
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One of the film's main characters, Betty Harrah, has been a tenacious pro-coal supporter since she was born. At least that was the case until April 5, 2010 when the Upper Big Branch mining ...
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Coal was first discovered in Michigan around 1835, but mining didn't take off until around 1890 when the lumber industry began to decline. At the height of the coal mining industry, there were over 160 mines scattered across the state and the vast majority of Michigan's coal was produced in the Tri-County area. Long hours, minimal pay, and ...
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The film unfolds like two cloggers taking their turn around the dance floor; evil looms, cloaked as the coal company seeking to buy up private land to turn into a mountaintop mining site; conflict emerges as the landowner waffles back and forth over selling to the coal company; and a proud, passionate heroine works tirelessly day and …
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The Last Mountain: Directed by Bill Haney. With Susan , Don Blankenship, Ron Burris, Jenna Bush Hager. A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon's documentary explores the reign of coal — and its consequences — in Appalachia. 'King Coal' Review: Appalachia Rises in Poetic Doc – IndieWire
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Harlan County, USA is a 1976 Oscar-winning documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike",an effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company …
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon writes, directs and narrates a documentary film about the cultural hold of coal in West ia, part of so many families' histories, including her own. There are fewer ...
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"After Coal," a feature-length documentary by co-director of Appalachian's University Documentary Film Services, Thomas Hansell, explores how coal mining communities survive once the coal industry has moved on. According to Howell, "solutions from global coal mining regions can inspire sustainable community development."
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1 Video 30 Photos Documentary A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line. Director Barbara Kopple Stars John L. Carl Horn Norman Yarborough See production, box office & company info Watch on Max with Prime Video Channels …
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In 1964, they began digging a coal deposit in Black Mesa, a region considered sacred by the Native American communities on the Navajo Nation. ... 'The Blessing' Documentary Tells The Story Of Coal Mining On The Navajo Nation Through One Man's Eyes. By Steve Goldstein. Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - …
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Elaine McMillion Sheldon reshapes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking in a spectacularly beautiful & deeply moving immersion into Central Appalachia where coal is not just a resource, but...
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Coal Documentaries. 60 Minutes - Coal Cowboy, CBS (2006) [1] While the president spent much of last week promoting energy alternatives of the future, like hybrid cars and fuels made from wood chips, the governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, says there's something we can have up and running in the next five years.
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Director: Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman. Producers: Deborah Wallace, Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman. Release date: November 18, 2016 from Abramorama. Reviewed by: Connie Wilson. The opening scenes from the impressive documentary "Blood on the Mountain" show the beautiful forested hills of Appalachian …
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4. Coal Miner's Daughter. The story of Loretta Lynn, who married young and came from poverty. He father was a coal miner in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky.
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July 31, 2015. In the land of black gold, you either mine coal or you leave. Skylines have crumbled under the bombardment of mountaintop removal, and once-pristine springs have been turned to acid. Still, the coal machine barrels on in "Blood on the Mountain," a 2014 documentary by Mari-Lynn C. Evans, Jordan Freeman and Phylis Geller.
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