Mountain Mourning

The filmmaker uses photography and personal stories to create an epiphany, a personal awakening, as nature's beauty is starkly contrasted with scenes of ruin. Powerful narration is supported by traditional gospel and Appalachian music to tell this story of tragedy and hope. "Mountain Mourning" calls upon Christians and their churches to summons moral courage and effective advocacy that will bring healing and justice to this land and its people.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Mountaintop
• Removal
• Environment
• WV
• West
• Virginia
• Global
• Warming

[Elkins2424]

my grandpa on mountain top mining----"by god they come near my house and they'll get shot." lol my grandpa from knott co ky.

[bdj1981]

Beautiful and tremendously sad.

[curingaging00]

makes me cry

[kisinzcemm]

this not about left or right …its about right and wrong coming and destroying the land is wrong.

[fishbigfishchris]

this is from a very 1 sided point of view....liberal.

[ghostman3331]

i guess the local population didnt reap any benifits by working in these strip mines you are the blame because you was the laborforce

[Wildstrang]

Makes my blood boil! I'm in the SC mountains and have a strong connection with the entire Appalachian Mountain range. Thankfully there is not much coal here, but they sure love to cut the big trees down everywhere that they can. Rape it and leave it. No one gives a shit as long as they are making a dollar!

[gdcoalminingmfr]

off every mountain you can find.

[telsport]

Now, let's make sure we don't feed this pig.

Nuke time, folks.

Tom

[thebaddogrules]

I am so sad for these mountains. My parents were from WVA, McDowell county. I am glad they are not alive to see this and I understand my father's hate for coal companies and oil companies. "Damn them to hell," he would say.