TOWN THAT WAS, THE
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Product Description
Today, 11 die-hards remain. In 1962, a trash fire ignited a seam of anthracite coal beneath Centralia, Pennsylvania, a once-thriving mining town of over 3,000 people. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten. Filmed over a period of four years with interviews ranging from former residents to Congressmen, The Town That Was is an intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining Centralian, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. After estimating the cost of extinguishing the fire at over half a billion dollars, the government instead opted to raze the town and relocate its residents. By the mid-1980s, giant plumes of smoke and deadly carbon monoxide gases billowed from fissures in the ground, the local highway cracked and collapsed, trees were bleached white and petrified, as the fire continued to rage unchecked. It wasn't until a young boy nearly died after falling into a smoldering mine subsidence that the government was pressed into action.
Features
Documentary; 71 Minutes Long
Product Info
- Actor
- Various
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- Cinevolve Studios
- Director
- Chris Perkel, Georgie Roland
- EAN
- 0837101258142
- EAN List
- Format
- AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
- Label
- CINEVOLVE
- Manufacturer
- CINEVOLVE
- Model
- CS1013
- MPN
- CS1013
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- CS1013
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- CINEVOLVE
- Release Date
- 2009-05-19
- Running Time
- 71
- SKU
- S812142010133
- Studio
- CINEVOLVE
- Title
- TOWN THAT WAS, THE
- UPC
- 837101258142
- UPC List
- ASIN
- B00208GJ14
- Sales Rank
- 103650
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