In this short 3 minute feature, we're introduced to 3 youths, one narrarator and two young men, all of whom explain the basic choices they have to make to survive in the relative poverty of eastern Kentucky, coal mining country.

Machlyn Blair's presentation is reminicent of a Richard Avedon photograph, unadorned portraits that speak volumes in their perfect simplicity.

This piece could be run as part of a series on work, youth and poverty, or a discussion of minmum wage.