To Save the Land and People materials, c. 1999
Sub-Series (ap.afc.07.25)
- Extent
- 58 Video cassettes
- 5 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VII. Appalshop Films 1991-1999 > To Save the Land and People materials, c. 1999
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary To Save the Land and People, a 1999 release. The documentary recounts the organized efforts of eastern Kentuckians to counter increased strip mining of coal in Appalachia in the 1960s and 1970s. It traces the history of early grassroots efforts to stop strip mining in eastern Kentucky, and focuses on the Appalachian organization To Save the Land and People, a group of community activists who oppose the practice of strip mining. Subjects include the coal trade, environmental aspects of strip mining, community activism, and environmental justice.
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