This film, the last of the free outdoor screenings in the newportFILM Outdoors series, begins at sunset, which is about 7:30 pm. Free - bring a picnic. Sponsored by Kirby-Perkins Construction.
The Last Mountain is the story of the fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian Heartland, pitting a mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting topreserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. With Bobby Kennedy, Jr. enlisted as a passionate force for preserving Coal River Mountain and the economic power of the fossil fuel industry twisting democracy to its advantage, The Last Mountain highlights a battle for the future of energy that affects us all. This film is rated G and is 95 minutes long.
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