Buffalo Creek Revisited - 1984 - 6/10

Ten years after the dam break that destroyed a dozen hill communities.
Restitution? Mega-trailer parks, communities jumbled.
Trailer parks considered concentration camps, one nicknamed Gestapo.
An uptick in alcoholism, domestic violence, crime, despair.
Folks returned to their own land?
No, land was owned by coal companies, lumber mills, oil empires.
Highway Dept. seized the rest for a proposed expansion.

Fatcats enriching themselves exploiting the state’s mineral resources.
Government agencies make promises – without keeping promises.
I could go on and on and on. Fifty years on, this still bothers me. Hell.
English subtitles = https://sub-scene.com/subtitle/3359472