Butte, America is a 2008 documentary film about Butte, Montana's history as a copper mining town. It was created by Pamela Roberts, narrated by Gabriel Byrne, and includes a mix of first hand accounts and scholarly analysis from John T. Shea, Marie Cassidy, David Emmons, and Janet Finn.[1] The movie focuses on developments in American labor and production during the dawn of the electrical age in the 1880s when copper was discovered in Butte. The mining activity brought an influx of immigrant workers and their families to the boom town that grew to be a Western metropolis of 45,000 people forming a Rocky Mountain city that with similarities to Pittsburgh in the East.[1] Labor relations and the corporate operations of Anaconda Copper are also related.[1]
butte, america, 2008, documentary, film, about, butte, montana, history, copper, mining, town, created, pamela, roberts, narrated, gabriel, byrne, includes, first, hand, accounts, scholarly, analysis, from, john, shea, marie, cassidy, david, emmons, janet, fin. Butte America is a 2008 documentary film about Butte Montana s history as a copper mining town It was created by Pamela Roberts narrated by Gabriel Byrne and includes a mix of first hand accounts and scholarly analysis from John T Shea Marie Cassidy David Emmons and Janet Finn 1 The movie focuses on developments in American labor and production during the dawn of the electrical age in the 1880s when copper was discovered in Butte The mining activity brought an influx of immigrant workers and their families to the boom town that grew to be a Western metropolis of 45 000 people forming a Rocky Mountain city that with similarities to Pittsburgh in the East 1 Labor relations and the corporate operations of Anaconda Copper are also related 1 Butte AmericaNorth American release posterDirected byPamela RobertsWritten byEugene CorrEdwin DobbProduced byPamela RobertsJane GreenbergNarrated byGabriel ByrneCinematographyErik DaarstadEdited byJennifer ChinlundMusic byTodd BoekelheideProductioncompaniesRattlesnake Productions Inc Release dateJanuary 17 2008 2008 01 17 Running time67 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish The film aired on the Independent Lens PBS show on October 20 2009 2 References edit a b c Cynthia Fuchs Independent Lens Butte America October 20 2009 Pop Matters Doug Knoop Butte America documentary on PBS Independent Lens is a Tuesday TV pick October 20 2009 Seattle TimesExternal links editOfficial website Butte America at IMDb nbsp Butte America site for Independent Lens on PBS nbsp This article about a historical documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Butte America amp oldid 1107282300, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
