Summary: When faced with the prospect of working for minimum wage many mountain youth in eastern Kentucky choose to work in the mines rather than try to scrape by on 5.15 an hour. Machlyn Blair talks with Justin Caudill and Chris Howard about the choices eastern Kentucky youth face growing up in a coal community.
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.
Comments for Minimum Wage and Mining
This piece belongs to the series "Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky"
Produced by Machlyn Blair
Other pieces by Appalachian Media Institute
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Michael Johnson
Posted on January 31, 2006 at 08:30 PM | Permalink
Review of Minimum Wage and Mining
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.