He’s been cussed out and shot at, but MTR activist Larry Gibson refuses to abandon his home atop Kayford Mountain to a massive Mountain Top Removal coal mine that surrounds him on three sides.
As reported my short film "Mountain Man" was an official selection of the 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival and will be screening on Saturday May 7th at 6:30 pm and on Sunday May 8th at 1 pm. Buy your tickets here.
“Mountain Man” features interviews with Larry Gibson, Chuck Nelson, Rory McIlmoil from Coal River Mountain Watch and Randy Huffman, Cabinet Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, among others.
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