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This fully-loaded educational DVD is the most comprehensive program on the
American coal crisis on the market today. Includes a DVD-ROM Coal Action
Toolkit.
Burning the Future: Coal
in America examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a
groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West
Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists
watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its
extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres
of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, our heroes demonstrate a
strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the
nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and
preserving their way of life.
This is the preeminent film on the coal
crisis on the educational market today, and our special DVD package includes an
action toolkit built around this hot button issue. Considerable supplemental
information, web resources and discussion questions are all available via ROM
technology on this outstanding new DVD, perfect for helping educators design
coursework around this program.
Produced and Directed by: David
Novack 2008 89 min Dolby 5.1 Grade
6-Adult
Reviews "This compelling and timely film burns through
the 'clean coal' rhetoric of industry front groups, showing the harsh truth of
the coal story." - Bruce Nilles, Director, National Coal Campaign, Sierra
Club
"A powerful and stirring account of the cultural and ecological
impacts of an industry on its last legs - a testimony from the front-lines of
resistance to coal." - Rebecca Tarbotton, Global Campaign Director,
Rainforest Action Network
"...This moving and disturbing story adds the
human element to a sanitized political debate by telling the dirty truth about
coal in America." - Pam Solo, Founder and President, Civil Society
Institute
