"Monongah Remembered provides an intricate look at the nation's worst coal mine disaster, weaving together the historical realities of early
20th century mining, a community devastated by the human destruction, and the ordeal of immigrant miner families. "

Paul H. Rakes, Ph.D. Historian, WVU

Filmmaker tells miners' stories in documentary

November 7, 2007

Kitty Lagorio profiles producer Peter Argentine in The Almanac.

An artist uses a palate of color, a writer uses words, but a filmmaker uses scenes, long and short, to portray a story.

When the story is a documentary those scenes do more than tell a story, they seek to tell the truth in a way that will both interest and inform the viewer. Not an easy task to do. Ask local documentary filmmaker, Peter Argentine.

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