NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
WINNER: Thaddeus Stevens Prize for Social Engagement
Running for the Mountains digs into West Virginia’s history of ‘patriotic sacrifice,’ unearthing veins of dark money and dirty politics. The film tracks grassroots candidates and ordinary citizens’ attempts to save their land, water, homes and communities, calling out the pro-extraction politicians enabling destruction, including Senator Joe Manchin and his likely replacement, coal baron Governor Jim Justice. Appalachia is the proverbial canary in a coal mine; pay attention or pay the price.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Date: Saturday, August 24
Time: 11:30am
Location: Marquis Main
CREDITS
Directed by: Julie Eisenberg, Babette Hogan [Filmmakers to attend]
Written by: Julie Eisenberg, Babette Hogan
Produced by: Julie Eisenberg, Babette Hogan
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Documentary
Length: 77 min
Location: United States
Language: English