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Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice
(Movie/Film)
This award-winning documentary explores the ongoing struggle between coalfield residents(in Virgina, West Virgina, Kentucky, and Tennessee) and the multinational corporations that are destroying Appalachia's mountains, headwater streams, culture, and human lives through mountaintop removal coal mining.
In addition to dramatic footage of mining progress, the film features interviews with coalfield residents and documents their efforts to seek relief from the blasting, pollution, and flooding around their homes. Black Diamonds also charts the evolution of the anti-mountaintop removal social movement, which began with residents recording damage to their properties, and eventually escalated to acts of civil disobedience. The film's website states that "Black Diamonds is a stepping off point to explore how normal, everyday people can choose o fight for control over their land, resources, and communities. this fight can be inspiring, riveting, daunting, and one that changes human beings forever."
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