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'Burning Future' documentary on mountaintop removal to premiere

April 19, 2008 @ 11:29 PM

CHARLESTON -- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Coal River Mountain Watch are celebrating Earth Day by sponsoring the West Virginia premiere of "Burning the Future: Coal in America" at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the Capitol Center Theatre, 123 Summers Street, Charleston.

Independent film-maker David Novack will premiere his new documentary "Burning the Future: Coal in America." Three years in the making, the film chronicles efforts by West Virginia coalfield citizens' to raise the nation's consciousness about mountaintop removal and the high costs of so-call "cheap" energy to their heritage, health, and communities.

For more info about the film and about the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, go online at www.ohvec.org.