“Filling Holes”… The Springdale Pit

Sarah Fulton and Matt Lewis of Post Sputnik Film and Video Production (www.postsputnik.com) have produced a documentary entitled “Filling Holes”. It’s about an abandonded mine pit (Springdale Pit) in the Pennsylvania coal region that is going to be filled with tons of dirt dredged from the bottom of the New York and Philadelphia harbors. The doc deals with the economic and enviornmental aspects of the plan, as well as its impact on the local communities receiving the harbor dredge. It is scheduled to air on WVIA (the PBS station for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) at 7 p.m. May 21.