For any interested community members, info kindly provided by Joan Satchwell.

An award-winning documentary, ‘Mountain Top Removal’, made by American documentary filmmaker Mike O’Connell will be shown in Newcastle on Monday 13 September at the Royal Exchange, Bolton St, Newcastle.


'Mountain Top Removal' was described by Al Gore as:


'A story of personal determination and courage. It's also a story about the terrible impact on families in the communities that are victimized by the way in which the coal is being removed from the tops of mountains in Appalachia. This film really brings out the human dimensions of this because you see it through the eyes of a family that's greatly affected and you feel it in the emotions of a small town that has really been hurt a lot.'

Antrim Caskey, a photojournalist who is accompanying Mike O'Connell to Australia, will also offer a slide show of her work in Appalachia. Over the past five years Antrim has been reporting on the human and environmental costs of mountaintop removal coal mining.

If you would like further information please contact Lake Macquarie City Council - Sustainability Department on 49 210410 or www.lakemac.com.au.

 

by Joan Satchwell