http://appalshop.org/news/appalshop.rss This RSS feed was generated out of the newsdatabase of Appalshop website. http://appalshop.org/ AMI's "Rock Lung" is featured on the national radio show, Living On Earth. Listen to youth producer Autumn Campbell explore the impact strip mining has had on her eastern Kentucky family. www.loe.org. Visit AMI's site to hear the commentary, and learn about a new AMI radio series titled "Living with Coal in Central Appalachia." http://appalshop.org/ In late December, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced his annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry, including the 1975 Appalshop film THE BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN, directed by Mimi Pickering.Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 "culturally, historically, or aesthetically" significant motion pictures to the Registry. The list is designed to reflect the full breadth and diversity of America's film heritage, thus increasing public awareness of the richness of the American cinema and the need for its preservation. The Librarian of Congress described the BUFFALO CREEK FLOOD: AN ACT OF MAN as a "powerful documentary" that "represents the finest in regional filmmaking, providing important understanding of the environmental and cultural history of the Appalachian region."Find Out More