Reaching For Higher Ground (AMI)
Audio Visual Material
- Identifier
- 000024083
- Alt Identifier
- ami.2000.3
- Asset Type
- Description (Reaching for Higher Ground: Youth Activism in the Mountains
2000
16 minutes. Dallas Adams, Danielle Burke, Kraven Cook, and Nicole Shepherd
Through interviews with activist youth and the adults with whom they work, this video documents the power and practice of youth involvement in eastern Kentucky Communities. The piece culminates in the story of a group of young people who travel to the state capital to implore regulation officials to stop a mining permit that would effectively destroy their community’s last remaining water source.) - Reaching for Higher Ground: Youth Activism in the Mountains
2000
16 minutes. Dallas Adams, Danielle Burke, Kraven Cook, and Nicole Shepherd
Through interviews with activist youth and the adults with whom they work, this video documents the power and practice of youth involvement in eastern Kentucky Communities. The piece culminates in the story of a group of young people who travel to the state capital to implore regulation officials to stop a mining permit that would effectively destroy their community’s last remaining water source.