Documentary About Penokee Iron Mine Airs This Weekend

The special-interest driven open-pit iron mine proposed in NW Wisconsin after blowing up the Penokee Hills and choking off a watershed, lakes and wetlands is the subject of a documentary film this weekend - - so check your local listings, and set your DVR:  

Filmmakers also bring a critical eye to the legislative process leading up to the passage of Wisconsin’s ferrous mining bill, and at the outside money involved in this year’s Iron County board elections.  

[Director Devon] Cupery said it raises important questions about the state of democracy in Wisconsin. “And it’s an opportunity for people to question – should a corporation be able to write its own laws for a potentially dangerous project?” she said. 

The 25-minute film airs on Al Jazeera’s program Fault Lines, this Saturday June 14th at 6 pm on Time Warner Cable Channel 736, Direct TV Channel 347, and Dish Network 215. 

Cupery says producers will also hold screenings in northern Wisconsin and around the state this summer and fall.