Independent Lens
Season 12 Episode 6 - Deep Down
Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community. Who controls, consumes, and benefits from the planet's dwindling supply of natural resources? In a small town in dire economic straits and high unemployment, the coal company's offer to buy land and provide jobs can be hard to resist. How can a community choose between its present and its future? Also: The Virtual Mine.
Episodes in Season 12
The Parking Lot Movie
60 min
Art & Copy
60 min
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian
60 min
The Longoria Affair
60 min
Lost Sparrow
60 min
Deep Down
60 min
45365
60 min
The Calling, Part 1
60 min
The Calling, Part 2
60 min
Men Who Swim
60 min
Children of Haiti
60 min
For Once in My Life
60 min
When I Rise
60 min
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
60 min
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
60 min
Pushing the Elephant
60 min
The Desert of Forbidden Art
60 min
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
60 min
Waste Land
60 min
Marwencol
60 min
A Film Unfinished
60 min
Bhutto
60 min
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
60 min
Welcome to Shelbyville
60 min
Two Spirits
60 min
