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A Beast Touch the Mountain

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Shot over the course of a year in Bent Mountain, Virginia, A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN follows a band of Appalachian women in Bent Mountain, Virginia in their decade-long fight to protect their land and way of life against a greedy and corrupt natural gas pipeline corporation that threatens the environment and the lives of tens of thousands throughout Virginia and West Virginia. Director James Mottern is an award-winning screenwriter and director, originally from Virginia. After spending several decades in the Los Angeles indie film world, the Bent Mountain pipeline was brought to his attention by producer Diana Harrington, and Mottern was captivated by the story of women in Southwest Virginia, who, with the help of hundreds of others throughout Appalachia, had fought off a pipeline for a decade with little experience and few resources.

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Alise Chaffins MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack) The beast of the shadow corporations that funded the MVP did more than simply touch the mountain. While they may have won this battle, the people of Bent Mountain have found one another, and that is how they will ultimately win. Rated: 5/5 Oct 13, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C Real footage in 1 hour and 18 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Shot over the course of a year in Bent Mountain, Virginia, A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN follows a band of Appalachian women in Bent Mountain, Virginia in their decade-long fight to protect their land and way of life against a greedy and corrupt natural gas pipeline corporation that threatens the environment and the lives of tens of thousands throughout Virginia and West Virginia. Director James Mottern is an award-winning screenwriter and director, originally from Virginia. After spending several decades in the Los Angeles indie film world, the Bent Mountain pipeline was brought to his attention by producer Diana Harrington, and Mottern was captivated by the story of women in Southwest Virginia, who, with the help of hundreds of others throughout Appalachia, had fought off a pipeline for a decade with little experience and few resources.
Director
James Mottern
Distributor
Bent Mountain Productions
Production Co
Bent Mountain Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 18m