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Thread #124415 Message #2747586
Posted By: Alice
18-Oct-09 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
Subject: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
Just a heads up for Independent Lens, this week starting a film series on PBS... "Butte America".
You Tube has video clip previews of the film. "You see the world differently when you work underground. That made Butte, Montana different right from the start as immigrants came from around the world to work the mines. But what they blasted out of the 10,000 miles of tunnels was more than just copper. It was the rise of unions and multinational corporations, and the seeds of the current debate over the environment."
The headframes are a symbol of Butte, and many of them were preserved to this day. The Folk Festival is held at the base of a headframe.