Park Slope United Methodist Church

Documentary Film Director screens "Burning the Future: Coal in America," Oct. 24

David Novack, whose new documentary film on coal and the environment
has electrified film festivals this season, brings his work home to
Park Slope on Friday, October 24 at 7:30 pm for a screening sponsored
by the Social Action Committee of the Park Slope United Methodist
Church. "Burning the Future: Coal in America" is the first of the
Social Action Committee's films and forums for the fall season. The
event is free and open to the public. Novack will speak following the
screening.

This film documents the violence of mountaintop removal coal mining
and the groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and
residents of West Virginia. Every eleven and one-half days, the
explosive equivalent of the Hiroshima atomic bomb is unleashed upon
the mountains of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky – for
coal.

Novack's film documents the efforts of local residents to resist the
impact of emerging coal-based global energy policies on their lives
and health. As the world praises coal, this film records the
devastation caused by its extraction: toxic ground water; the
obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains; and a government that
appeases industry.

"This compelling and timely film burns through the 'clean coal'
rhetoric of industry front groups, showing the harsh truth of the coal
story," said Bruce Niles, Director of the National Coal Campaign for
the Sierra Club. For more information of on the film and its recent
awards, visit www.burningthefuture.com.

David Novack has been a producer, post supervisor, and associate
producer for a number of documentary films and television series,
including episodes of "Frontline," from PBS/WGBBH. He is also a
re-recording mixer and sound designer. He lives in Park Slope with
his wife and two children.

WHAT: Film screening of "Burning the Future: Coal in America" and
discussion with director
WHERE: Park Slope United Methodist Church, 410 6th Ave. @ 8th St.
WHEN: Friday, October 24 at 7:30 pm
HOW MUCH: FREE!!!

For more information, call (718) 768-3093.