Summary A rich, deeply conflicted region forges its own identity amidst continual exploitation and renewal- from the first American school of scientific forestry to the death of the American Chestnut, from union battles to the conservation , from the War on Poverty to the Cherokee Renaissance. Form the heartbreak of mountaintop removal mining to the hope of a new American Chestnut tree, the struggle to find a proper relationship to the natural world remains the real Appalachian story.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Sissy Spacek Barbara Kingsolver E.O. Wilson Ron Eller
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Apr 29, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : James Agee Film Project
Summary A rich, deeply conflicted region forges its own identity amidst continual exploitation and renewal- from the first American school of scientific forestry to the death of the American Chestnut, from union battles to the conservation , from the War on Poverty to the Cherokee Renaissance. Form the heartbreak of mountaintop removal mining to the hope of a new American Chestnut tree, the struggle to find a proper relationship to the natural world remains the real Appalachian story.
Genres : History Documentary
Release date : Apr 29, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : James Agee Film Project