Muğla’s coal history began in 1979, the year Nejla Işık was born, when the first pickaxe was struck in her grandmother’s village. For 40 years people have been living under the destructive grip of the three power plants fed by the mines that first pickaxe started. Nejla’s daughter, Esra, is a 3rd generation coal victim, who has witnessed the destruction of the region her father is from, and the relocation of her family. The pain her family suffered gave her the strength to protect the Akbelen forest, which is now at risk of being cleared for the expansion of a coal mine.