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Online Video - Out Of The Ground Film Documents Impact Of Coal Mining In Pennsylvania
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Andy McAllister, Watershed Coordinator with the Western Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, not only does a great job working with watershed groups in Western Pennsylvania, he has also developed a second skill-- film making.
His new film "Out of the Ground," documents how Pittsburgh and its neighboring regions in western Pennsylvania have been profoundly shaped by its industrial past. A unique set of circumstances converged here that destined Pittsburgh to become the Steel City, the capital of the world's industrial might for nearly a century.
The history of the region's iron and steel industry has been fairly well chronicled and is generally known as part of our heritage. Not so well known is the story of the supporting industry that literally provided the fuel of the Pittsburgh regions meteoric rise to prominence, the fuel of the Industrial Revolution, coal.
With particular focus on our largely immigrant ancestors who lived, worked, and died in the regions coal mining communities during the late 19th and early to mid 20th centuries, "Out of the Ground," a documentary featuring music by national recording artist Ken Bonfield, will tie our present-day lives to theirs.
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6/12/2009 |
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