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The electricity fairy : Appalachian coal and America's energy future / directed and edited by Tom Hansell.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--Appalachian Region.
- Coal-fired power plants.
- Electric power consumption--United States.
- Electric power consumption.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The Electricity Fairy is a documentary that examines America's national addiction to fossil fuels through the lens of electricity. Filmmaker Tom Hansell follows the story of a proposed coal-fired power plant in the mountains of southwest Virginia, connecting the local controversy to the national debate over energy policy at a time when coal produced half of America's electricity and the energy plan before Congress identified coal as a key to America's "energy independence." Present day documentary footage is remixed with old educational films, connecting past policy to America's current energy crisis.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1544907952
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