Bill Haney‘s determined to get people involved in the push to stop coal-top mining, one way or another. How he got to projecting his environmental activism through film is a twist-turning story, complete with past careers and the dying wishes of a friend of a friend. The Last Mountain, his Sundance doc, presents both his case for coal-top prevention as well as Big Coal’s case for continued mining.

TFS talked to the director about his strange road into the film business, the fine line between objective and subjective filmmaking and the on-screen presence of Bobby Kennedy Jr.

Watch the interview below:

Will you seek out The Last Mountain?