To Save the Land and People

TO SAVE THE LAND AND PEOPLE Remastered 2009, 1999, 56:40 The Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People used every means possible, from legal petitions to guns and dynamite, to…

Rough Side of the Mountain

ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN 1999, 56:40 Community organizing and the "steel ceiling" encountered by two company towns -- Trammel and Ivanhoe, Virginia -- as they struggle to develop new economies.…

Justice in the Coalfields

JUSTICE IN THE COALFIELDS 1995, 56:40 demonstrates how current labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows…

Evelyn Williams

EVELYN WILLIAMS 1995, 26:40 Coal miner’s daughter and wife, mother of nine, domestic worker and community organizer whose awareness of class and race oppression led her to a lifetime of activism.…

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Hands On: A Year in an Eastern Kentucky Classroom

HANDS ON: A YEAR IN AN EASTERN KENTUCKY CLASSROOM 1992, 28:00 Examines the potential of a student-centered, democratically run learning environment based on Foxfire methods in an economically disadvantaged rural second…

Belinda

BELINDA 1993, 29:00 The AIDS advocate who spoke of the need for a collective response not crippled by homophobia, racism, fear, or ignorance. CINE Golden Eagle Award; Big Muddy Film Festival;…

Chemical Valley

Chemical Valley on vimeo The chemical spill and crisis in the Kanawha Valley has many echoes of events in the valley after Bhopal in the 1980s. If you want to view…

Roving Pickets

ROVING PICKETS 1991, 28:00 Coal miners, coal operators and other participants recall the sometimes violent battle over jobs, health care, and a voice in the political system that focused national attention…

Fast Food Women

FAST FOOD WOMEN 1992, 29:00An inside look at the lives of women who fry chicken, make pizzas, and flip burgers at four fast food restaurants in easter Kentucky. Documents the low…

On Our Own Land

ON OUR OWN LAND 1989, 28:30 The citizens' movement to stop strip mining without the landowner's consent which resulted in an amendment to the Kentucky constitution. "Illustrates a conflict that won’t…