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Filmed over 5 years in the coalfields of West Virginia, COAL RUSH follows the relentless battle for justice of a rural Appalachian community against a major coal company accused of polluting their drinking water.
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
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SAN MARINO
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
HOT SPRINGS
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
COMPETITION
ATLANTA
FILM FESTIVAL
2012
COMPETITION
PORTUGAL
CINE ECO SEIA
DOC FILM FESTIVAL
2013
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
FIFE PARIS
FILM FESTIVAL
2015
COMPETITION
SICILIAMBIENTE
FILM FESTIVAL
2013
WINNER SUSTAINABLE
BUSINESS AWARD
CINEMA VERDE
FLORIDA
2013
BEST DOCUMENTARY
NOMINEE
VATAVARAN INDIA ENVIRONMENTAL
FILM FESTIVAL
2014
When a rural West Virginia community comes to believe that the illnesses that almost killed them may not be an act of God but of environmental wrongdoing, locals take on major coal company Massey Energy over contaminated water that they charge is the cause of widespread sickness.
Coal Rush 5 years in the making, is a documentary-film following the relentless battle for justice of a rural Appalachian community that has sued major coal company Massey Energy, accused of contaminating the drinking water of more than 700 West Virginia residents with billions of gallons of improperly disposed toxic coal slurry. The film examines one of the worst yet least publicized US industrial contamination disasters from all angles – including Massey Energy’s standpoint - while bringing an important story of human suffering into focus.