Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find themselves on opposing sides of a debate dividing their community and the world: who controls, consumes and benefits from our planet’s shrinking supply of natural resources?

Hamilton Davis, Energy and Climate Director, addresses those questions following the screening.

Our host for the screening is the Charleston Library Society located, in the historic building at 164 King Street in downtown Charleston.

For more information about the film, visit the website: http://www.deepdownfilm.org/

The screening is made possible by ITVS Community Cinema. ITVS Community is the national community engagement program of the Independent Television Service (ITVS)
and the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Through Community Engagement Campaigns in support of groundbreaking, independent films, our innovative educational product ITVS Community Classroom and our flagship community outreach program Community Cinema, ITVS Community works to bring communities together and connect them with information, resources, and opportunities for education, engagement, and positive change. ITVS Community builds on our 15-year legacy of community engagement activities and makes public broadcasting into a powerful resource for individuals, communities, and organizations working on key social issues around the country. For a complete lineup or more information about the Community Cinema series visit:
http://communitycinema.org/