I invite you to join me on a journey, one I began with open eyes and an open mind.  As I began filming in the lush mountains of West Virginia, I thought I was telling the story of Coal – the historic role it played in building America, and the incredible position it holds today – providing Americans with half our electricity.  Then I met Maria Gunnoe.  Maria and thousands of people living in Appalachia are under environmental assault.  Their land is destroyed, their loved ones are ill and the mountains they love are being blown away – in the name of “cheap energy” for every American.  But now, they are fighting to restore their cherished way of life.  And with every new coal-fired power plant proposed across the globe, their fight become harder.  Join me as these true heroes take us by the hand and ask us to live in their shoes for a day, and to think hard about the energy future that we all share.