THREE SHORT FILMS AT THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART
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These films about Appalachia look fascinating to me. If you're interested in a late lunch before or dinner after, please let me know (and share ideas) in the Comments below. It's a Saturday, so places might be crowded.
You don't need to purchase museum admission, but you do need a ticket to see the films... $10. To be safe, buy it ahead of time at the museum website:
https://carnegieart.org/event/the-films-of-appalshop/
Scroll to the bottom of the page for tickets.
Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (1975)
40 min.
A look at the Buffalo Creek disaster, which occurred when a coal-waste dam collapsed. The film includes interviews with survivors, mining officials, and union representatives, along with footage of the flood itself.
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Chemical Valley (1991)
57 min.
A West Virginia community is deeply divided over potential life and death questions. A local chemical plant produces the same deadly toxins that caused the disaster in Bhopal, India, and a series of accidents has residents alarmed as the area’s fragile economy is dependent on the jobs provided by the plant. The efforts to come to grips with this conflict form the core of this timely film.
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Evelyn Williams (1995)
28 min.
Evelyn Williams is a portrait of a woman who is many things: a coal miner’s daughter and wife; a domestic worker and mother of nine; a college student in her 50s; a community organizer; an Appalachian African American. Above all, she is a woman whose awareness of class and race oppression has led her to a lifetime of activism. Now in her 80s, she is battling to save her land in Eastern Kentucky from destruction by a large oil and gas firm.