BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film

Subject: RE: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
From: Riginslinger
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 06:58 AM

It's funny, most of the big labor disputes and mine related incidents I've read about took place in Colorado.

Subject: RE: BS: Butte America, this week, PBS film
From: Alice
Date: 20 Oct 09 - 08:45 PM

Starts tonight.

Subject: RE: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
From: Alice
Date: 18 Oct 09 - 08:19 PM

Another preview is on this page at pbs.org (not you tube).


click on 'watch preview'

Tap her light.

Subject: RE: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
From: Alice
Date: 18 Oct 09 - 08:06 PM

video of making of film, including interview out takes

Subject: BS: Butte Amerca, this week, PBS film
From: Alice
Date: 18 Oct 09 - 07:54 PM

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.

Film clip #1

Film clip #2

Film Clip #3