Buffalo Creek Revisited materials. c.1984
Sub-Series (ap_afc_06_01)
- Extent
- 63 Film containers
- 46 Audio tapes
- 14 Video cassettes
- 2 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VI. Appalshop Films/Headwaters Television, 1984-1990 > Buffalo Creek Revisited materials. c.1984
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Buffalo Creek Revisited, a 1984 release. The film, a sequel to Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man, profiles a West Virginia community 10 years after a coal waste dam break caused the deaths of 125 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. Through interviews with survivors, planners, politicians, psychologists, and community activists, the film explores the psychology of disaster, the difficulty of rebuilding community after an environmental disaster, the role of community in people’s lives, and impact of corporate activities on economically depressed communities and the environment. Subjects include coal mine accidents, rural conditions, environmental aspects of coal mining and community activism in the Appalachian region.
- Related Work
- Buffalo Creek Revisited