Robert Salyer returns home for film screening

Posted 03/17/09

Filmmaker Robert Salyer will be returning to Wise County this Friday, (March 20, 5:30 at UVA-Wise) to present his film Sludge, a documentary that examines a major Kentucky coal waste spill and its effects on the environment and community. The spill, similar to the one that recently took place in eastern Tennessee, was 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez and one of the worst environmental disasters ever in the southeastern United States, according to the EPA.

The screening of Sludge will take place in Room 100 of Smiddy Hall, at UVA Wise. Discussion and Free Pizza will follow the viewing which is being sponsored by the UVAW Environmental Club and The Clinch Coalition.

Learn more about the Martin County sludge spill at appalshop.org/sludge.