"Mountain Man" was an official selection of the 2011 Raindance Film Festival and won a Silver Sierra Award at the Yosemite Film Festival. He's been laughed at, cussed, and shot at, but Larry Gibson refuses to abandon his home. Gibson has lived atop Kayford Mountain in West Virginia for decades, fighting to save his family's land from one of the biggest Mountain Top Removal mines in Appalachia. "Mountain Man" is a 9 1/2 minute short documentary. It features interviews with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Cabinet Secretary Randy Huffman, political strategist Mudcat Saunders, Jesuit Wheeling's Dr. Ben Stout, retired coal miner Chuck Nelson, Coal River Mountain Watch's Rory McIlmoil and UK's Dr. Ron Eller, among other interviews.

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the road of trials

2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival

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.

Mountain Man Trailer