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Razing Appalachia

The last 40 families of Blair, West Virginia stay to fight America's second-largest coal company as mountaintop removal mining threatens their homes.

Series

Independent Lens, True Stories

Premiere Date

May 20, 2003

Length

60 minutes

In the face of thunderous blasting and choking dust caused by mountaintop mining, the last 40 families of Blair, West Virginia stay to fight America's second-largest coal company as it threatens their homes. Razing Appalachia is the story of a remarkable grassroots effort to redefine the role of government and power of corporations over our daily lives.