UWSP to Show “Wisconsin’s Mining Standoff” Tonight
Event to feature Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins, Ashland Co Board Chair Pete Russo, and Film Producer Devon Cupery
For the City-Times
Tonight at 7pm, UW-Stevens Point will hold a screening of “Wisconsin’s Mining Standoff”, a new documentary about the controversial proposal to dig an open-pit iron mine in northern Wisconsin.
The 25-minute film will be followed by a community discussion and panel, featuring Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins, Ashland Co Board Chair Pete Russo, and film producer Devon Cupery. The screening will be held in the Lee S. Dreyfus University Center Theater at 1015 Reserve St.
Produced and directed by Milwaukee-based 371 Productions, “Wisconsin’s Mining Standoff” takes viewers to Ashland and Iron Counties, where Cline Resources subsidiary GTAC has set off a battle over the state’s natural resources by proposing to dig what could be one North America’s largest open pit mines in Wisconsin’s Penokee Hills. The film explores the potential impacts of the mine and how legislation changed the state’s mining laws.
“Wisconsin’s Mining Standoff” was commissioned by Al Jazeera America’s award-winning investigative documentary program “Fault Lines” and premiered in June 2014. The film is touring the state this fall in a series of screenings followed by community discussions and panels. It addresses a crucial issue for Wisconsinites heading to the polls in November for gubernatorial elections.
Al Jazeera America’s Fault Lines is a weekly documentary show airing Saturday evenings at 7pm ET/4 pm PT that covers current affairs in the United States and throughout the Americas. The recipient of two prestigious Peabody Awards, Fault Lines goes beyond the headlines to investigate the impact of politics and policies on communities in the U.S. and abroad.