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2006 Featured Filmmakers
- Paul Awad
- David Brock
- Charles Cline
- B.J. Gudmundsson
- Allen Johnson
- Chuck Kleine
- Terry Lively
- Gerry Milnes
- Catherine & Ann Pancake
- Kevin Scarbrough
- Richie Sherman
- Ray Schmitt
- Chi Slankard
- Kaitlyn Walton et al
- Jack Wright
- Jacob Young
Allen Johnson
MOUNTAIN MOURNING
2006 30 min. Patchwork Films
http://www.patchworkfilms.com
Allen Johnson, a co-founder of Christians for the Mountains, directed this film about the relationship between Christianity and mountaintop removal mining. He and producer B.J. Gudmundsson have taken slides from other MTR groups, added their own narration and music, and greatly improved it with some of their own images. Many of the best known anti-MTR activists including Julia Bonds and Larry Gibson speak about the effects MTR has had on their personal lives. Many quotes from the Bible are placed on screen to remind the viewer of the Christian source for their anti-MTR beliefs. Also, powerful Christian music is used to make the film a profound experience. Johnson is the director of the Pocahontas County Free Libraries system that was chosen as one of the best three public libraries in the US in 2003.
Mr. Johnson is an award-winning library director from Pocahontas County, a Christian Peacekeeper who has spent time the last two years working in Palestine, and a subject of Bill Moyer’Äôs coming PBS program, ’ÄúBill Moyers on America ’Äì Is God Green?’Äù that will be aired October 11th.
