After the Flood | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

In the wake of historic climate disasters Kentuckians of color and their allies come together to support impacted commun | dG1fQmJBaER3U0ppNDA

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00:00 [ Music ]

00:06 >> Going to sleep on the couch in a good mood and waking

00:09 up to what we seen was utterly terrifying.

00:15 >> All of my years, the water had never crossed the road

00:19 and got over to our houses.

00:21 It was unimaginable the damage that had been done by the water.

00:27 >> Coal mining and mountaintop removal has stripped the land

00:31 of vegetation and structure, which led to the increased pooling

00:36 of water that turned streams into rivers within hours.

00:40 >> I was born and raised here, but we left here when I was young.

00:46 And then when I came back here, I had to find work

00:49 and you couldn't find anything to take care of you

00:51 and your child unless you go underground.

00:53 So I went underground and be an underground miner.

00:56 And but the key thing was that every time the media said

01:00 anything or reported anything about Southeast Kentucky,

01:06 there was no images of black folks.

01:10 So she didn't know black folks lived here.

01:12 >> You know, some portions of the community feel

01:15 like they're forgotten about and this still isn't over.

01:18 It's still a struggle.

01:19 It's going to take months, if not several years,

01:23 for things to get back where they were.

01:26 And so for some people, it will never be the same as it was.

01:30 >> There's a stereotypes that we all run into,

01:33 especially I hear things like,

01:35 I know there's black people there.

01:37 And I'm like, yeah, we're here, you know,

01:39 and we're making noise.

01:42 You know, we're going to be seen.

01:42 We're part of the community.

01:43 We have contributed so much to these mountains,

01:45 these mountains that we love.

01:47 So we want to see it grow.

01:49 We don't want to see it die out.

01:51 [ Music ]