Dawn Bonker
Deep Down
, a documentary by Sally Rubin, assistant professor at Chapman University’s
Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
, will be screened at several Southern California theaters this month and at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23 as part of PBS’ Emmy-winning documentary series
Independent Lens
.
Deep Down
will be seen in almost 350 markets nationwide and locally on
KOCE/50
and
KCET/28
.
Southern California screenings include: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5 at Warner Grand Theater, 478 W Sixth St., San Pedro; 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 at Tim Robbins’ Actor’s Gang at the Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd, Culver City; 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 at a special
LA premiere at KCET Studios
, 4401 Sunset Blvd., L.A.; and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the Long Beach Public Library, 101 Pacific Ave., Long Beach, 90822.
The documentary profiles the people and community divided over a mountaintop-removal coal mine in Kentucky and facing an uncertain economic future in hard times. While one woman leads her neighbors in a legal battle to stop a coal mining company from moving into her hollow, a friend and neighbor considers signing away the mining rights to his backyard, a move that would forever change life in their community of eastern Kentucky.
Professor Rubin’s career has included films for PBS’
Frontline
,
POV
,
Independent Lens
and
American Experience
series, as well as several other Sundance and Slamdance favorites. A special screening of
Deep Down
is planned for spring at Marion Knott Studios’ Folino Theater at Chapman.
