Burning the Future Documentary (Featuring SEACers at MJSB!)

SEAC is proud and excited to say that our actions at Mountain Justice Spring Break 2007 (helped out by many other coalfield groups, of course) are featured in the new Documentary "Burning the Future: Coal in America"

It will be airing on the Sundance Channel, May 13th, 16th, and 18th. In addition, the DVD's will go on sale next week on the film's website: www.burningthefuture.com

Here’s the film’s short synopsis:

In Burning the Future: Coal in America, writer/director David Novack examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based US energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction. Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, our heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation’s help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life.

Spoiler Alert: One of "our heroes," SEAC National Council Member Sarah Kidder, is the final scene, being dragged out of the West Virginia State Capitol building after taking a stand with community members to say that building coal silos within breathing distance of elementary schools is not good for kid's health. We love Sarah!