Co-presented with the Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University Screening includes a pre-recorded filmmaker Q&amp;A with co-directors Peter Hutchison and Lucas Sabean, and Robert Bilott (Environmental Attorney), moderated by Maggie Burnette Stogner (Executive Director, The Center for Environmental Filmmaking at American University)

Uniquely structured upon the personal storytelling of native West Virginians, Devil Put The Coal In The Ground is a meditation on the suffering and devastation brought on by the coal industry and it’s decline. From the realities of a crumbling economy, to the ravages of the opioid epidemic, to the irreparable environmental damage and its tragic impact on human health – the film is a cautionary tale of unfettered corporate power, and an elegy to a vanishing Appalachia.

Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

A meditation on the suffering and devastation brought on by the coal industry and it’s decline in West Virginia.

Peter Hutchison (Co-director, Devil Put the Coal in the Ground) is an award-winning filmmaker, NY Times Bestselling author, educator &amp; activist. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/hutchison-peter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Lucas Sabean (Co-director, Devil Put the Coal in the Ground) is an editor, producer &amp; filmmaker, whose output includes narrative &amp; documentary features, commercial video, and a large body of experiential work. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/sabean-lucas/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Robert Bilott is an American environmental attorney from Cincinnati, Ohio. Bilott is known for the lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of plaintiffs from West Virginia. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/bilott-robert/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>. Maggie Burnette Stogner (Moderator) is the Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking and a professor of Film and Media Arts. She brings over 30 years of filmmaking experience to the Center and to the classroom. <a href="https://dceff.org/filmmaker/maggie-burnette-stogner/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Full bio here</a>.

Devil Put the Coal in the Ground: Filmmaker Q&A

Featuring Co-directors Peter Hutchison and Lucas Sabean and Robert Bilott (Environmental Attorney)

Devil Put the Coal in the Ground (Center for Environmental Filmmaking)

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The 30th Anniversary Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital will be all-virtual March 17-27. Featuring dozens of screenings and discussions -- many FREE and available to audiences around the globe! Opens with Sundance Favorite FIRE OF LOVE and an interview with Dr. Jane Goodall.

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