Three unexpected environmentalists have taken on Alabama Power’s coal ash pond in a new documentary.

But in their fight, the three retirees (called the “Coal Ash Grannies”) are able to find purpose later in life, and even in the months leading up to their leader’s death.

“Coal ash was something I knew nothing about,” said Sallie Smith, the leader, in the film. “But when I started looking at it, that did it for me. That meant I had absolutely no choice here. I had to solve this.”

“Sallie’s Ashes ,” a 40-minute documentary from director Brennan Robideaux, follows three Baldwin County women—Sarah “Sallie” Smith, Diane Thomas, and Savan Wilson—who started the Coal Ash Action Group.

Smith and the other ladies aim to make Baldwin County residents aware of the Barry coal ash pond 25 miles

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