Butte, America
| Butte, America | |
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 North American release poster | |
| Directed by | Pamela Roberts |
| Produced by |
Pamela Roberts Jane Greenberg |
| Written by |
Eugene Corr Edwin Dobb |
| Narrated by | Gabriel Byrne |
| Music by | Todd Boekelheide |
| Cinematography | Erik Daarstad |
| Edited by | Jennifer Chinlund |
Production company |
Rattlesnake Productions, Inc. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Butte, America is a 2008 documentary film about Butte, Montana's history as a copper mining town. It was created by Pamela Roberts, narrated by Gabriel Byrne, and includes a mix of first hand accounts and scholarly analysis from John T. Shea, Marie Cassidy, David Emmons, and Janet Finn.[1] The movie focuses on developments in American labor and production during the "dawn" of the electrical age in the 1880s when copper was discovered in Butte. The mining activity brought an influx of immigrant workers and their families to the boom town that grew to be a "Western" metropolis of 45,000 people forming a Rocky Mountain city that with similarities to Pittsburgh in the East.[1] Labor relations and the corporate operations of Anaconda Copper are also related.[1]
The film aired on the Independent Lens PBS show on October 20, 2009.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Cynthia Fuchs Independent Lens: Butte, America October 20, 2009 Pop Matters
- ↑ Doug Knoop 'Butte, America' documentary on PBS' 'Independent Lens' is a Tuesday TV pick October 20, 2009 Seattle Times
External links
- Official website
- Butte, America at the Internet Movie Database
- Butte, America site for Independent Lens on PBS