- there s so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. - overdose capital of the east coast. - there s really more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. - when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left. don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that shit burn in your heart, you understand me? we got some ground to make up, but once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go! [applause, cheers] [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [instrumental music] new york city, where i live. and it s easy to think, having
[ cheering ] robie: this place was a boomin . you couldn t get through this town down there. but it s dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. coach: let s go! it s the same halftime speech every single week. quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. quentin: but there s more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. coach: when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left, don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that should burn in your heart. do you understand me? we got some ground to make up. and once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting cold
there s a lot more to appalachia than that. - in 1964, lyndon johnson declared his war on poverty. a good thing, yes? but the accompanying press tour portraying people here as an incapable and bewildered, helpless mass missed the basic essential character, the pride, and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. - when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat, how all these things are, i think we ve all felt it at some point: shame. - what should people know about this area that they don t know, that they re not getting? - it s just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [bell rings] [industrial music] the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody s labor rights. - i can t fight a big coal company.
helpless mass, missed the basic essential character the pride and the self-reliant core of the people here. that damage is lasting. elaine: when you come in and keep telling us how poor, fat how all these things are i think we ve all felt it at some point. shame. anthony: what should people know about this area that they don t know, that they re not getting? it s just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [ bells ringing ] [ machines whirring ] nick: the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody s labor rights. man: i can t fight a big coal company, they got too much money. elaine: politicians from dc that can make a quick day trip down here and get a good sound bite. trump: who is a miner in this group? who is stand up. you re all standing up anyway. anthony: the drug companies? elaine: nine million pills in kermit, west virginia over two years. one p
anthony: what should people know about this area that they don t know, that they re not getting? it s just how much that people in this area have been exploited. [ bells ringing ] [ machines whirring ] nick: the land agents who came in and bought up all the mineral rights. the coal and timber companies that started extracting and taking everybody s labor rights. man: i can t fight a big coal company, they got too much money. elaine: politicians from dc that can make a quick day trip down here and get a good sound bite. trump: who is a miner in this group? who is stand up. you re all standing up anyway. anthony: the drug companies? elaine: nine million pills in kermit, west virginia over two years. one pharmacy, nine million pills. anthony: in a town with 372 people. the other side of this is that democrats, they don t take a lot of time to understand the problems here. man: i just want to know, how you can say you re going to put a lot of coal miners out of