Donald Trump has desecrated pretty much every American institution he's been able to get his greasy toddler paws on. (We will never be investigated by the FBI the same way again). But Saturday Night Live, an institution that had suffered from a few shaky years in recent times, came out of its first Season of the Beast looking better than ever. Since coming back on the air last October, the sketch show had its highest ratings in over 20 years and more sweet sweet, sweet cultural relevance than it's had since...
- 5/22/2017
- Rollingstone.com
"If a few hillbillies get killed in the name of progress, so be it." Abramorama has released an official trailer for a powerful documentary titled Blood on the Mountain, a brutally honest look at the environmental and economic injustice and corporate control in West Virginia and its effect on all American workers. The film is made by the same filmmakers behind Coal Country, and is described as a searing and impassioned examination of the struggles of hard-working, misunderstood people. It's about how the coal industry has evolved to become so bad in West Virginia, that it's exploiting and controlling citizens, without any chance for them to speak up. "If our government won’t hold them responsible, who will? We will." This looks good. Here's the trailer for Mari-Lynn C. Evans & Jordan Freeman's doc Blood on the Mountain, via Facebook: Blood on the Mountain focuses on the environmental and economic...
- 10/27/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Appalachia might be known for its beautiful mountain range and lush forests in the popular imagination, but in reality, it’s plagued by long-term poverty, political corruption, devastating lack of health care and inadequate education systems. Their natural resources — coal, timber, oil, gas — have generated billions of dollars, but the money went to companies in other states, leaving the region in shambles. Mari-Lynn Evans and Jordan Freeman’s new documentary “Blood on the Mountain” details the struggles of the hard-working West Virginian coal miners besieged by political corruption and corporate malfeasance, all while their own homes and lives are being railroaded by the interests of the 1%. Watch an exclusive trailer for the film below and check out the poster as well.
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- 10/25/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Hillary Clinton on Thursday night gave the most important speech of her long career in public service and politics — but did her remarks at the Democratic National Convention sway your vote?
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“America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying,” said Clinton. “And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we will all work together so we can all rise together.
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“America is once again at a moment of reckoning. Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart. Bonds of trust and respect are fraying,” said Clinton. “And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we will all work together so we can all rise together.
- 7/29/2016
- TVLine.com
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