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The Last Mountain (2011)
An Important Message... Please go see this movie.
As someone who grew up in the Appalachian Mountains, I had to go see this movie... even though when I left I said I would NEVER look back. This movie brought back memories of a land of great beauty and diversity which has, somehow, been overcome by people who care nothing for the land, the diversity of life, or the people who live there.
This movie carries an important message about each citizen's responsibility to watch over their fellow citizens. You may not be able to easily identify with people living in communities so different from your own. You may not easily identify with people who speak with a strong regional accent, but I ask you to try.
Go see this movie and ask yourself if you would allow your Mother, Father, Grandparents, or Children to live in these once-beautiful mountains.
Now for the movie. It is basically very well done covering not only the Appalachian Mountains, but the entire country. The video quality slides from decent to grainy and the sound quality is less than I had hoped for, however it is a documentary, and therefore gets some leeway. On the upside, the music and people are so real, it made me feel ashamed for having left them to fight on alone without a needed native son.
For the first time, I found young activists and their messages compelling. As a "child of the sixties", this is saying something. I maneuvered the entire sixties era without much more than an arm band or two. These young people believe strongly in what they are trying to do, but they need help. Help that did not arrive in my era. Help that I, in my cynicism, predicted would not arrive in the sixties. Will it arrive now, in what may be our last hour and last/best chance?
Please go see this movie and think about what will happen to millions of Americans if none of us has the time to think about poisoning the water supply in the Appalachian Mountains and downstream all the way to New Orleans.
Are Corporate Profits really so important? Are "We the People" really so insignificant?