High Plains Films
Clip of the Week: ‘The Dust’ in Libby, Montana, Part III
The local union rep talks about how he discovered the asbestos in the Libby dust.By Doug Hawes-Davis, High Plains Films, 4-10-09
Editor’s Note: High Plains Films clip of the week is a new feature here at NewWest.Net in which each Friday on our pages, High Plains Films will be sharing a noteworthy film clip. This month, as the W.R. Grace trial grinds on in Missoula (click here for coverage), the clips will come from the High Plains feature documentary Libby, Montana, which explores the company’s contamination of the community. Below, filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis explains the clip above:
This is the third installment in our series of clips from the feature documentary, LIBBY, MONTANA. Bob Wilkins, who was the local union rep for mine workers, talks about how he discovered there was asbestos in the dust at the mine and mill operations. Wilkins died of asbestos related disease in 2002. Dru Carr and I shot the interview with Bob in 2000. Earl Lovick was the plant manager for many years. His commentary here is from a videotaped deposition recorded during a civil case against WR Grace in the 1990s. Lovick died in 1996.
For more information about the film, trailers, audio downloads, external links, reviews, blogs and more please visit either the official site for the film at High Plains site here or on the PBS site here.
Click here for “The Dust” Part I , click here for Part II and bookmark www.newwest.net/highplainsfilms to check back for coming installments.
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