Coal: A Love Story
FROM 30,000 FEET
- video: It's all the same
- motion graphic: World of coal
- text: Why we can't break up
- graphic: The future of "clean coal"
It's all the same
From ranchers in Montana to teens in Chicago to coal miners in West Virginia, we're all fighting for the same things: our loved ones, our roots and our way of life. Amid a polarized struggle, we share more than we think.
CREDITS
Camera and sound by Caitlyn Greene, Jeff Mittelstadt, Catherine Orr, Mimi Schiffman and Catherine Spangler
Editing by Caitlyn Greene
Aerial Photography Team
Director: Adolfo Doring
Aerial Cinematographer: Michael Kelem
Producer: Amanda Zackem
Made possible by Appalachian Voices and the Wallace Global Fund
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Comments (4)
cindy
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... Ignorance is something we all have, but in the end i think that having belongings, and money wont make anyone happy, because we suffer for and because of it. Yea, a job and money seems important but really it isn't so long as you are alive and can thrive, money is only an illusion. The only reason we think we need money is because we ruined the system since the beginning. Water, fresh air and fresh food used to be free, but now we have to pay for them because of what the people who lived before us have done to our environments. I think we need to learn how to live with the land, rather than damaging it, because in the near future, the costs of what was done will nothing compared to what it will be. Someday, the future generations will be angry and placing the blame on us. |
Tom Lubnau
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... Taking Wyoming quotes and overlying them with West Virgina scenery is lying to your viewers. It makes me sad you chose to distort my quotes in those ways. |
Delphine Andrews
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... While we were researching the topic and spending time developing our individual stories, we began to see countless parallels that bridged geography, industry, politics or background. In several instances, people from "opposing" sides of the issue expressed the same sentiment almost verbatim. We believed these parallels are important to share and can be catalysts for dialogue and thought about the issue and its polarizing nature. We approached this piece as a way to tell that story –– one of universality. Part of the way of communicating that was to not identify any of the speakers, their anti- or pro- coal sentiment or their geography as ambiguity was part of the message: regardless of who, what or where we are, we are all fighting for the same things, and we are in this together. |
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