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Researchers

Isabel Brantner

Class of 2019. She worked as

a researcher and enjoyed

retrieving old information so

it can be put to use.

Kristen Baer

Class of 2019. She worked on

the script writing team and

enjoyed working on this pro-

ject because it helped her get

a better understanding of

what work goes into a docu-

mentary.

Chase Africa

Class of 2019. He enjoyed his

work in visual production

and learning skills he may

use in the future.

Special thanks to everyone who has made

this documentary possible:

Contributors

John Carey

Danny Carter

Mohsen Chitsaz

Keith Eschleman

Michael Garner

Polla Horn

Charles Jones

Katie Kline

Bucky Schriver

Jack Ternent

Ray Tighe

Tri-Star Mining

Dan Whetzel

Musical Talent

Hana Chitsaz

Kendra Harpold

Jacob Hunt

Hanna Livingston

Paige Miller

Annie Moon

Jordan Nolan

Laurel Plitnik

Julia Seddon

Derek Shank

Special thanks to Tyler Childers and

Do Write Music for gratis use of the

song, “Coal”

Matt Ravenscroft, Advisor

Dr. Ravenscroft completed his un-

dergraduate and graduate work at

West Virginia University in 2004. He

received his doctorate in Education-

al Leadership from Frostburg State

University in 2017. He has been an

educator in Allegany County for

fourteen years, where he currently

teaches AP Government, AP US His-

tory, as well as Historical Research

Methods.

Braxton Cooper

Class of 2019. He set up the

studio and lighting design.

He facilitated efficiency in

the studio and lighting for

our class as well as future

classes.

Chase Connor

Class of 2020. He was an

audio producer and man-

aged the project's server.

He learned to use both

physical and digital equip-

ment to capture the ele-

ments.

Hana Chitsaz

Class of 2020. She worked

as an environmental script

writer and a musician. Her

violin musicianship can be

heard in our background

music.

Evan Darr

Class of 2019. He worked as

a visual producer and con-

tributed to the overall look

and feel of the documentary

by helping picking out im-

ages and interviews to be

used.

Kaitlin Daniels

Class of 2019. She worked as a

researcher and provided the

information integral to the doc-

umentary’s completion.

Trevor Daniel

Class of 2019. He worked as

a researcher and enjoyed

being a part of this project.

Matthew Worgan

Class of 2019. He helped with

visual production and also

worked on the DVD cover of the

documentary.

Abby Wellings

Class of 2019. She worked

on the writing team and she

enjoyed getting to write the

intro and outro of the docu-

mentary because it may help

her in the future when she

needs to start or end a story.

Jackson Taylor

Class of 2019. He worked as

a lead visual producer and

also assisted in the creation

of the cover.

Anthony Schena

Class of 2020. He was the

head of audio production

and script editing. He con-

tributed to the work of many

sections.

Tim Moore

Class of 2019. He worked as

a researcher and also wrote

the script for the environ-

mental section of the docu-

mentary. He assisted with

editing as well.

Erika Taylor

Class of 2019. She worked

as a researcher and enjoyed

unearthing old articles from

sources such as the New

York Times in order to help

gather information.

Dawson Hormuth

Class of 2020. He worked in

audio production and en-

joyed learning more about

audiovisual editing through

his role in the class.

John Idell

Class of 2019. He worked as

a photographer, video edi-

tor, and graphic designer as

well as helping to preserve

this information for future

generations.

Kendra Harpold

Class of 2019. Was the edi-

tor-in-chief and helped

guide the project overall.

She facilitated a cohesive

work environment which

helped this documentary’s team work to the best of

their abilities.

Sarah Kyle

Class of 2019. She worked as

a researcher and made pod-

casts. She also found docu-

mentation of pollution

caused by the local mining

industry.

Draven Kidwell

Class of 2019. He worked on the

script writing team and learned

new writing styles and process-

es. He also learned to work bet-

ter when within a group.

Dresden Kershaw

Class of 2019. He was the so-

cioeconomic editor and the

voice of the documentary. He

liked being able to learn pro-

fessional editing software.

Josh Metz

Class of 2019. He worked as

a interviewer in the docu-

mentary. He enjoyed meet-

ing new people and learning

their stories.

Megan Mckenzie

Class of 2019. She worked

as a researcher and docu-

ment organizer. She en-

joyed the opportunity to

learn more about this area’s history.

Michelle Lewis

Class of 2019. She worked

on the script writing team

and because of this class she

had the opportunity to meet

people in our area that were

knowledgeable of the cul-

ture and history of Allegany

county.