Burning the Future: Coal in America (2008)

Directed by

David Novack

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

G

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the practice of mountaintop coal mining in Appalachia. It shows how the mining process strips away entire mountain ridges and discusses the environmental damage that results.

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What happens

Burning the Future: Coal in America is a 2008 documentary film produced and directed by David Novack. The film focuses on the impacts of mountaintop mining in the Appalachians, where mountain ridges are scraped away by heavy machinery to access coal seams below, a process that is cheaper and faster than traditional mining methods but is damaging to the environment. Some environmental problems discussed in the film include disfigured mountain ranges, extinct plant and animal species, toxic groundwater, and increased flooding. The film's run time is 89 minutes. In 2012, it was rereleased in a shorter, updated version, that was created for public broadcast on PBS. This new version of the film's run time is 56 minutes. The executive producer of the film is CJ Follini, founder and CEO of the former Gun For Hire Production Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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