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Born Into Coal

submitted by geo321

1 decade 2 years 6 months ago

Coal queen pageant contestant Arianna Bailey competes for a crown to represent her family’s way of life. Former miner Goose Stewart lives with the memories of a mine explosion. One thing binds both families: coal. -vimeo

3 Comments

So many opportunities to be cynical while watching this.

Then I realize that this is a completely different world from mine, and it's quite real.

GenjiKilpatrick

Nope. Your cynicism is justified if not outright needed.

This "way of life" is killing these well-meaning but incredulously people.

Killing themselves, their local environment and contributing to the extinction of our species.

Seriously, someone should start a "Green Queen Pagent".

Give the winner & runner(s)-up full scholarships/grants to study renewable energy technologies.

Yay, 21st century hillybillies!
>> ^Sagemind:

So many opportunities to be cynical while watching this.
Then I realize that this is a completely different world from mine, and it's quite real.

This video is sponsored by the coal industry. At the very end, there's the "poweringAnation.org" logo. . That's the coal mining industry's mouth piece.

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