Film/Lecture: Mountain Top Removal, Cultural Devastation, and the Struggle for Justice in Appalachia
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Mountain Top Removal: Documentary/Lecture
Saturday, 14 April 2007
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Julia Bonds, 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner - Speaking on Mountain Top Removal, Cultural Devastation, and the Struggle for Justice in Appalachia.
Rochester Premiere of "Black Diamonds" documentary
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 hundred 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.
Location:
Corpus Christi Church, 880 East Main St.
Cost: Free Admission
