Coal Country: A Special Preview September 26, 2009

Coal Country
A Special Preview

A film by Mari-Lynn Evans & Phylis Geller
Presented by
The Virginia Sierra Club
& The Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards

J.B. Beverly & The Wayward Drifters
performing after film

$10 recommended donation

3pm Saturday, September 26th

COAL COUNTRY is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side. Families have lived in the region for generations, and most have ancestors who worked in the mines. Everyone shares a deep love for the land, but MTR (Mountain Top Removal mining which has leveled over 500 Appalachian mountains) is tearing them apart. We need to understand the meaning behind promises of “cheap energy” and “clean coal.” Are they achievable? At what cost? Are there alternatives to our energy future?