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Appalachian Region, Southern Environmental aspects Coal mines and mining Environmental aspects Appalachian Region Documentary films Minnesota Mountaintop removal mining Appalachian Region Nonfiction films Restoration ecology Appalachian Region Steel-works Women iron and steel workers Women minersSummary: Josey Aimes needs a job and goes to work at a Minnesota iron mine after splitting with her violent husband. But the job proves to be almost as harrowing as her marriage. The male miners are resentful of women taking their jobs, so the men verbally abuse and play humiliating pranks on the female miners. After being physically assaulted by a coworker, Josey tries to fight against the harassment,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOR RATED RSummary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011