Tell Our Story.
A landfill fire at dusk in Schuylkill County: an orange smoke plume rises into a deep navy sky above a perimeter fence.

A call to filmmakers · documentarians · journalists

Tell Our Story.

100+ years of extraction. One story still untold. Who will tell it?

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The situation

A community
has been
here a long time.

[[ PLACEHOLDER: 1–2 sentence narrative lede that names the place and the 100-year arc of extraction — anthracite then, industrial waste now. Owner-supplied. ]]

[[ PLACEHOLDER: a single, doc-grounded paragraph on what residents live with day-to-day — dust, truck traffic, odor, water concerns — phrased as community experience, not as accusation. ]]

[[ PLACEHOLDER: a turn line. When citizens speak up, what do they meet? Keep narrative, not specific to any named party. ]]

A landfill landscape: scattered debris along a perimeter fence with pine trees beyond.
[[ PHOTO: situation-defining shot — owner-supplied ]]

Why filmmakers

The most important stories
are not on cable news.

[[ PLACEHOLDER: a single, declarative paragraph — what is here that only a camera can capture? Why is a documentary lens what this story needs? Owner-supplied. Distill from copywording.md if helpful. ]]

  • [[ PILLAR 1 — what filmmakers will hear ]]

    Real people, on the record, ready to talk on camera about what they have seen and what they have lived with.

  • [[ PILLAR 2 — what filmmakers will see ]]

    A landscape that holds the evidence of more than a century of extraction — and the daily proof that it is not finished.

  • [[ PILLAR 3 — what filmmakers will learn ]]

    A regional power story playing out in working-class communities that rarely make the national frame.

What you'll find

Real people. Real access.
Ready to talk on camera.

  • Residents

    [[ PLACEHOLDER: short note on the people who have agreed to talk on camera. ]]

  • Land + locations

    [[ PLACEHOLDER: short note on access to the sites that tell the story visually. ]]

  • Records

    [[ PLACEHOLDER: short note on the documentation already collected — public filings, photos, video. ]]

An invitation

Come.
Talk to the people.
See the land.
Then tell our story.

[[ PLACEHOLDER: short closing paragraph — what happens when a filmmaker fills out the form. Who reads it, when do they hear back, what's expected of them. Owner-supplied. ]]

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