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A Tour of Creech Orchard, Black Mountain, KY

Terry Creech is a rare breed -- a second generation commercial apple grower in Harlan County, KY.

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Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man - Web Stream

The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man chronicles the 1972 disaster which killed 125 people and left 4,000 homeless when a coal-waste dam collapsed at the head of a hollow in Logan County, WV. In 1984, filmmaker Mimi Pickering completed Buffalo Creek Revisited, an update on the flood and its consequences.

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Buffalo Creek Revisited - Web Stream

Filmed ten years after the flood, Buffalo Creek Revisited looks at the second disaster on Buffalo Creek in which the survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities shattered by the flood are thwarted by government insensitivity and a century old pattern of corporate control of the region's land and resources. Through the statements of survivors, planners, politicians, psychologists, and community activists, the film explores the psychology of disaster, the value of community, and the paradox of a poor people living in a rich land.

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