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Filmed over 5 years in the coalfields of West Virginia, COAL RUSH chronicles the fight for justice as Appalachian families accuse Massey Energy of contaminating
their drinking water with billions of gallons of toxic coal slurry.
Through intimate human stories and unprecedented access
to every side of the conflict, the film exposes one of America’s largest,
and least known, industrial contamination disasters.
USA, 85 mins, 2012
“Never will coal be called “clean” again” …
"STUNNING! One of the most devastating film portraits of ruthless corporate operations in memory"
-HUFFINGTON POST
"One of the best secrets in the US energy policy revealed"
-LA REPUBBLICA
"Lorena Luciano and Filippo Piscopo fix on film forever (just like Erin Brockovich did in fiction) a triumphant legal environmental battle, affecting the lives of many at the mercy of a colossal company." - SHOCKYA
"Brilliantly filmed. Poignant!”
-ECO WATCH
WINNER SOCIAL
JUSTICE AWARD
SR - FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK
2014
WINNER
AUDIENCE AWARD
MILAN MIFF
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
WINNER
BEST DOCUMENTARY
SAN MARINO
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
HOT SPRINGS
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
COMPETITION
ATLANTA
FILM FESTIVAL
2012