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Documentary Filmmaker to Explore Parallels Between Welsh, Appalachian Mining Communities

By Erica Peterson
Published November 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM EDT

The coalfields of Appalachia are running out of coal, and there's not a large-scale effort to diversify the region's economy. But there are lessons to be learned from a similar transition in an unlikely place: the small United Kingdom country of Wales. Now, a documentary filmmaker is exploring parallels between 1980s Wales and modern-day Appalachia.

http://archive.wfpl.org/20111102coaldoc.mp3
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