Mad River: Hard Times in Humbolt County
- 1982 ----- color ----- 54 min ----- 16mm
- Set in the redwood empire of northern California, Mad River is the disturbing story of a community torn asunder when its resource base is used up. For 100 years the area's economy has been dependent upon logging. But the time is running out now. Mills are closing, unemployment is twice the national average and social disruption is growing. Traces how the complex relationships among resource management, captial mobility and industrial policy, and environment protection affect community economic development.
- Topics: (Economics, Forest Resources, Sociology)
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