Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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Benham and Lynch are nestled in Harlan County at the foot of Black Maintain, Kentucky's highest peak. Established as "coal camps" in 1911 and 1917 respectively, they were towns built to support the coal mining operations of two corporations: th... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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"[Mountaintop removal coal mining would] wipe out a large part of the southern end of the battlefield that was occupied by the union miners." Blair Mountain, West Virginia is the site of a 1921 battle in the West Virginia Mine Wars, the histori... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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"We don't live where they mine coal. They mine coal where we live.... Our concern today is our homes, our environment, and the sustainability of the environment." Lorelei Scarbro's house in the little community of Rock Creek, West Virginia is the sam... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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Until the mid-twentieth century, Ansted, West Virginia was a bustling coal camp. In 1950, the coal company that operated the local mine pulled out, leaving the community with a sense of economic depression. In the years that followed, resident... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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"We are going to be the endangered species, " said Daymon Morgan, resident of Huckleberry Ridge, Kentucky. Morgan's woods are teeming with bloodroot, as well as golden seal, ginseng and wild ginger. Not too long ago, these native plants gre... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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Ison Rock Ridge lies just outside of the small town of Appalachia, Virginia in Wise County near the Jefferson National Forest. The ridge runs off of nearby Black Mountain, home to a massive operating mountaintop removal mine just a few miles shy o... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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When Wanda Hodge talks of Walden's Ridge, the pride in her voice is unmistakable. She tells of its long and rich history - first home to the Cherokee who hunted and lived in the area and then home to early pioneers who held community gatherings at th... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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She said, "I always enjoy seeing folks make that transition from being just victims to being folks that are able to help other folks, and leaders in the community. It's the root of our democracy at work when it happens." Beverly May's family ha... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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Wise County, Virginia was officially formed in 1856 from parts of Virginia's Lee, Russell, and Scott counties. Nestled on the Kentucky border, its one of the most beautiful counties in the Appalachian coalfields, but unfortunately is also one o... (more)

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Director: Appalachian Voices | Genre: Documentary

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In the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee, near Eagan, Carol Judy makes her living off the land. Far from being a traditional farmer, Judy digs for and harvests medicinal roots - many of which are highly coveted - in the hardwood forests near he... (more)

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