For Higher Ground

[Serafinos]

Well done thou good & faithful servants!

Gods speed! :D

[CaliforniaKing64]

R.I.P. ANDY MEYERS!!! Andy killed himself in the documentary MOMENT OF TRUTH:THE ANDY MEYER STORY..he was an amazing person and didnt deserve this!! So sad! BY THE WAY MARC I HAVE THE SAME CAMERA AND IT IS A GREAT CAMERA I AGREE! WONDERFUL WORK!! THE FX100 WORKS SO WELL IN LOW LIGHT!

[drmokedweed000]

If people get addicted to anything they are weak and stupid..Every thing taken in moderation is fine..EVERYTHING..even meth, Addicts don't hurt no one but themselves. Family members should deal with them privately not these idiots wasting time for other peoples personal problems.

[darkmistakakidsmoke]

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[juliaadele]

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[sidewalkpilot]

Excellent way of revealing not only the environmental issues,  but the loss of traditional mining jobs. KEEP UP THE FIGHT.

[I2onney]

BLACK POWER !!

[Fwillismcgahee]

lol... Please tell me this person did not win $10000 for this video! I think a masturbation video would have made more sense than this video. At least it would have stayed on subject.

[TheTravis224]

"A" for effort, tho....definitely!

[TheTravis224]

I am super-shocked! While the technical editing of this story was fine, the content was extremely confusing. What was billed as a report about group that addresses prescription drug use in Appalachia coal country, took a sharp turn into the controversy over underground vs mountaintop mining...huh? (scratches head).

The other entries must have really gone off on tangents for this to win 10,000 bucks.

Congrat, tho....overall looks nice...but still confused over where this story was going.

[love2010spark]

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[theseeker2k5]

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[Mediamanifesto]

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[LaneRealEstateTeam]

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[gucholnegro]

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[kittykid1]

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[TheBrownWelsh]

Smoothly done Mark. Proud of this. What camera are you using, btw?

[marojeevs]

@TheBrownWelsh Thank you sir. I used Sony's FX-1000. Great camera!

[obixango]

this is the real world, hopefully some of the people watching learn something and to something about it

[ellesbelles1981]

great video...very informative. so sad, but true. Well done!

[blueridger28]

Im a man of the Blue Ridge thanks

[nzingamina]

4:30 that was an AVATAR real life experience.

A damn shame that we don't respect planet earth.

[futuryty]

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[FromThe3PointLine]

stupid white people

[katisexycu]

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[Keirabug]

Everyone needs to stop having babies. And it wouldn't be such a horrible thing if the human race was just wiped out one day. People will never change.

[AmericanOriginals]

I say, lets get rid of the party system, and acknowledge that America is a true Democracy, and vote for PEOPLE who run for office, who in sense would all be Democrats. Let the Republicans move to Russia if they don't like it. This country will never be a republic. And why Socialism? This is a Democracy. Socialism doesn't belong in the great U.S.A. "Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness". Freedom. That's Democracy.

[racistpastors]

@AmericanOriginals the OIL rig fire and sinking explosion was an INSIDE job!

[blueridger28]

@AmericanOriginals Agreed Deomocracy is a great thing until it is infected by socialism and capitalism

[conmedi1]

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[katisexycu]

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[drugsfx]

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[rguadaful]

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[mvies77]

This documentary is misleading. Slavery is to be forced to work with no pay. The Haitian's are at anyone's mercy because they have come to the USA illegally.The employer is breaking the law hiring them. Illegal's have caused this country great economical, judicial, educational, social, etc problems.

[fockya]

i pop more pills than a mental hospital... and all the people in the hospital

[tarfpir]

Labeling, hate language, and disrespect will only lead to suffering. It's simple f*cking logic.

[0509886280]

مشكوورين على المقطع الحلووو ^.^

[okusachink]

Stop thumping the bible, and make your government invest in your community instead of giving welfare to illegal aliens and niggers. This is some pussy liberal bullshit.

[ckret7]

ckret7. white finger-pointing whiners are by far the greatest recipients of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION on the planet. waaa waaa waaa

[ckret7]

@ckret7 that"s always your typical predictable reaction to truth, IGNORANCE, "i don't understand...' clueless child. You're still licking your wounds that the little Vietnamese man laid on your sorry ass.

[MrArcepedro31]

@okusachink "Illegal" aliens as you call them are the people that are helping you put food on your table, they pay taxes just like you do, they help boost the economy. Admit that you need immigrants in this country and stop whining about this liberal bullshit, George Washington was a liberal, for his time, yet you don't say shit about him! Oh and don't forget, that the colonists were "illegal" aliens, which means that our ancestors were immigrants! Feel free to correct if u think i am wrong!

[papasaun01]

@MrArcepedro31 some of that may be true to a point, but why not speak about the negatives as well - it's a part of the entire picture. No, illegal immigrants aren't as a majority paying taxes. They do go to the hospitals for emergency services and fail to pay the bill, and we in return pay for it. There are good things about the culture they bring (typically the food), but there are negatives as well. Hispanics are famous for devaluing neighborhoods for example (10 ppl, one 3 bedroom house).

[scizahands]

@desertsmoka The book of Obidiah the pride of they heart have decieved thee thou that dwell in the clefts of the rock whose inhabitations are high. malachi 1:3 and I hate ESAU and laid his mountians and his heritage WASTE for the dragons of the wildernesswhereas EDOM say we are impoverished, The Lord hates you cave beasts niggers

[scizahands]

Lol now the white people have a drug problem The Lord is great you edomites are getting your just desert. You white people are about die Praise the heveanly father for his righteousness you devils are finished. All you Israelites jioned with him are going down with him.

[BrutusCass]

The whole darn system is wrong!

Time for change, we have to become more efficent with energy, this economy is anything but efficent!

[missNoOoR18]

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[VanillaMage1337]

OMG just move

[mcfl116]

@VanillaMage1337 They can't because they have no jobs and no way to pay for a new home

[MrRedFredSaid]

@VanillaMage1337 - not so easy to do when you have ties to a community going back generations and all of your family lives there.

[wowArsonist]

@VanillaMage1337 Nice comment douchebag.

Having said that, I'm torn - sorry but coal and other fossil fuels are not a sustainable or wise investment in anyone's future. What if it was't big-companies coming in that made this situation suck? What if it was just that people became eco-friendly and the coal became obsolete?

[VanillaMage1337]

@wowArsonist chill even monkeys have opinoins don't judge people based on them. Then again I can't teach the unwise, only pray they see the truth.

[rxzz005]

a sad story of 'damn u do, damn u don't'.. somebody out there who can find a solution 2 the prob, plz do help...

[DealingInArt]

asd

[gotmayhem]

Part of being a good reporter is knowing what you want to address and how to effectively put forth your findings to the public. Now, that being said, I had difficulty telling whether this was primarily about drug addiction, a drama club, destruction of nature, or big businesses hurting local economies. In the future I'd suggest whoever made this video to expand on a single subject instead of throwing darts at many.

[noybw333]

@gotmayhem it was about this specific community and their "For High Ground" project (hence the title); which in turn was dealing with each of those things. I disagree with you and I feel that they gave equal and sufficient time to each concern and it all tied in nicely to make an interesting segment and explain the creators of this program's concerns

[gotmayhem]

@noybw333 I understand that. I just feel that the fact it was just 5 minutes long made it seemed either too rushed or squished then it could have been with a more concentrated message. If it were longer than there probably would have been better transitions and connections made between the topics. As it stands it just seems unfinished.

[HeyYoFabels]

O wow i hate people that can't stand society like these hippy faggots, what the fuck are these videos supposed to show or do

DERP THERES NO OPPORTUNITIES then make some, create a job by starting a business, shits not hard...

[En3rgyM4XX]

@HeyYoFabels then do it faggot

[Joeofiowa]

@HeyYoFabels

Oh, have you started many businesses? Seems to me you probably can't put your shorts on straight.

[kelse0y0]

OUR MOUNTAINS FEED OUR SPIRIT! Mountain top removal is such a trajedy!!! Kilowatt Ours is a great educational movie as well

[NewHorizonCinemaRep]

way to go! hope you good luck. Kick those corporates out of there.

[ProClownAss]

did you notice the chemtrails in the sky?? i did

[dalhar20]

This is a major problem

[PJS102187]

@xXkingpurpXx fine with me, but I don't think you are a dipshit.

[PJS102187]

@ huppington. I think you mean the other thing around you don't call a handicap person retarded that is not right. To say something is stupid like this video then yea you can say it's retarded

[xXkingPurpXx]

@PJS102187 i am a dipshit. so i can call you one. you are a dipshit

[PJS102187]

No worries the coal will be gone from that area soon enough. Better find new types of jobs for that city

[Huppington]

have none of you heard of stop the word? Don't call things ***arded, unless you are speaking of someone who is mentally differently-abled. And don't give me that bull about "I'm talking about it being slow!" yeah... bs.

[marcofan69]

@Huppington your a retard

[bombastic191]

is that Quentin Tarantino in a blue floral? 1:35

[miniboz44miniboz]

Mikey Clit

[CoachEJK]

Hard dangerous dirty job????? Keep it up, there are a lot of illegals looking for work.

[vebjornebest]

GO BITCH TAKE THAT MOUNTAIN!!!

[MrKaif420]

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[dirtylaundry87]

i go to radford and took a class about app. heritage and the mountain top removal problem. Its interesting but its sad that these people in this region are so uneducated and retarded that many americans have no sympathy the only thing these people have is bluegrass

[benympls]

@dirtylaundry87 The only one who is uneducated & retarded is you! Look at the school system witch educates them! Their schools are a joke, making fun of them is like making fun of someone in a wheel chair, you are truly classes.

[gamestopper100]

GAY wtf our mountains feed our spirit WTF! GAY!! dude are you like some pussie one eyed asain grasshopper catcher who lives an an underground shack in the dessert with a pickup truck and a computer who doe's yoga our mountains have shelter our mountains our where we com from where do we dra the wankee and that mountain is saying do you take me or now your gonna need alot of dump trucks

[starlo3]

I recommend you watch the movie Zeitgeist 1 and 2. You'll actually find out how a lot of the violence that we are subjected to, is maintained via the monetary system, mass media, and government. I know this may sound a bit outlandish but just try and give it a shot. It's a great movie in my opinion.

"Wisdom is the constant questioning of where you are. And when you stop wanting to know, you're dead. You're walking, but you're dead." Billy Connolly

[punjabiqt08]

our mountains feed our spirit..... what a stupid thing to say

[benympls]

@punjabiqt08 Fuck you! Tell me how you feel if you were getting kicked out of YOUR HOME!

[clustro]

end the war on drugs, and it all DISAPPEARS

[gumaappa]

great!

[carlosmalls]

@justhereforbooty: so so true.

[OregonDARRYL]

Corporations and uncontrolled capitalism is destroying America. They will not stop - umless we stop them. Their goal is money and everything else, be damned. Corporations by their very nature are evil, destructive monsters who never get enough. We must stop them!

[Freethought42]

@OregonDARRYL

Unfortunately, the real problem is that the government is an enabler for all of this.

[TheSneakybstrd]

@Freethought42 At last a real statement! The government has not done it's duty to protect the citizens. That being said, it is not the gov'ts duty to run corporations or business. These ppl are trapped by their own heritage. They want to keep mining coal. It is a good thing for the coal industry to stop mining. The gov'ts duty is to ban strip mining.

[riothero313]

@OregonDARRYL So do you think socialist countries are all environmentally friendly ROFL. How many third world communist countries would you go to and drink the water or eat the produce?

[OregonDARRYL]

@riothero313 YOU may want to compare the U.S. with third world countries. I think we can do much better than that. We either become friends of the (OUR) environment AND control our population or we are screwed.

[elektrey]

@riothero313 communist countries are classified as second world

[riothero313]

@elektrey Wrong but nice try. Second world countries are eastern block countries and third world are the rest that are not aligned with them. Their are PLENTY of 3rd world communist countries.

[TheSneakybstrd]

@OregonDARRYL  " Corporations by their very nature are evil, destructive monsters who never get enough. We must stop them!" Hey pal, I'm all for regulations but you are just another midwest, treehugging, anarchist, idiot. Let me ask you something Do you own a car? a cell phone? have cable service? use a computer? Unless you live off the grid in a log cabin then use that GED they gave you.

[GrayAreaGirl]

this made me cry. I don't think other people in other parts of the country understand the realities of that area. the southeast has been exploited by corporations and big business for many years.  educating the public is good but extreme poverty attracts these types of exploiters all over the world. this is the only part of the U.S. that is like this to this extreme and for this length of time.

[lolman1234561]

get a life

[dummy1337]

Lenny L. I don't buy this accident bullshit about the 29 miners that were killed, I

believe someone done this deliberately, to start with, a man has to be a total stupid

asshole to work a thousand feet underground, weigh the risks and get back to me

later. you people are in a hole with UR heads up UR asses,

[LGresser10]

@dummy1337

you're fucking dumb.

[TheSneakybstrd]

I feel for these ppl but you all you idiots hate Capitalism and Big Business? You are f*cking hypocrites! If it were true you would have replied by walking to the local library, reading about the coal industry and wall street, etc, having someone show you how to log into the Internet so you could show your ignorance. Shut your mouths, register to vote and try and educate others instead of whining about how bad it is for others while you sit in your posh seat and type on your new PC. @ssholes!

[justhereforbooty]

Humanity is a fucked up "thing"....damn. 4:30 So sad. No one cares about poor people no matter what color they are.

[ristoril]

your mountains sit there

[arkmanoah]

all i can say is thank you big buisness for yet another example of how little you care for the people who make you rich...you scumbags

[Rabican030]

This is the true nature of capitalism, no matter what needs to be done, no matter if someone will get hurt, you will get it to make profits, and when the resources run out...they move on - more, faster, cheaper- the cycle goes on

the problem is, capitalism feeds like a leach...what happens when uncontrolled production/consumption leads us to using up most, if not all of our recourses??

[thedoorisunlocked]

so the big question is this... what have we learned about basing economies on non renewable resources?

[gatsu2005]

Fuck Allah

[PObserver]

Prescriptshuns.

[punkit743]

Why mountain top removal? is it easier, cheaper and less albour intensive?

[scarhead1698]

@punkit743 quicker and cheaper.

[JimiHstringz]

Gay shit

[seanThree16]

Everyone commenting here that I have seen obviously are fucking morons. Choke yourself, everybody. I feel like I am being smothered in stupidity.

[jahlivesinme25]

nice

[take87chris]

wow i watched this for 5 min =P

i have never heard old people bitch like that and agree with them... this is just one more reason i hate big business...

[straken9k1]

I can't wait for global warming laws put you white trash out of business and shuts down your town.

[edenbass]

It is easy to define a guy by his word usage. Drocks22 obviously lacks penis size.

[AnimalShoah]

I clicked on this video because i thought the black guy had Yoda ears.

[blackknight509]

@WhiteDictator

That's funny. Whites have the second highest suicide rate next to Natives. Explain that you incompetent piece of shit. And I'm in college and date white women, so get used to more multiracial babies in the future.

[samjph]

@WhiteDictator why?????

[cdltpx]

If we put half the effort into solar energy as we did in mining coal we would be able to eliminate coal mining. Not having a job is not a death sentence you ca begin farming learn a trade build things fix things. If we moved off cheap energy we could be a proper economy again where you repaired things rather than replace every thing like we do.

[mahzzy123]

@cdltpx

"not having a job is not a death sentence you can begin farming learn a trade build things fix things"... lol great solutions

[cdltpx]

@mahzzy123 Beats the alternative of drug abuse? I'm 42 have learned that you get nowhere crying in your beer and it gets worse moving to other forms of intoxication. Things are not that bad yet we have food water and if your lucky some health as you can tell I am lacking the later my health after tornadoes cars hitting me trucks crashing into me I have trouble walking forget about lifting. But through it all I hate pain meds. Their use is extremely limited.

[XKBdeathbunny]

@cdltpx

Solar energy isn't very efficient, and its expensive, and so if we devote lots of effort into solar energy it would make the economy worse.

[cdltpx]

@XKBdeathbunny U R mostly correct but know this the past doesn't represent the future peak oil has passed and we have to beging using RE we must learn to consume less on a daily basis. Solar wind hydroelectric are the future RE all the way. If we spent the money we have spent on cars on RE we would be energy self sufficient. Remember your first apartment that feeling of freedom sure U had to work more but you had true freedom.

[cdltpx]

@cdltpx There are going to be extreme repercussions as fuel prices raise the economy will slowly grind to a halt. This nation was on the correct path in the early 20th century as suburbia was beling constructed they used light rail but GM saw to it that rail was dismantled so people would buy cars and roads could be built for an economy well we have had economy for the past century and it isn't paying off people are still not happy.

[pedantfellow]

you da man. go cats.

[kecook09]

Great Video! I hope you keep advancing in this project.

[Smitty82511]

This video is definitely the best of the contestants, I hope it receives the accolades it deserves

[NailSoupMedia]

I thought this contest was for up and comers .....not professionals...hehe. The imagery, the interviews, production and pace of the 5 minutes are the best I've seen in this contest semi-finals. Great Job and good luck!