King Coal

Nominee
NEXT Innovator Award
Sundance Film Festival
Locates the beauty, potentiality and sorrow of the region...[a] melancholic, thoughtfully attuned cinematic essay. [New York Times Critic's Pick]
-- Robert Daniels, New York Times

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King Coal

A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, King Coal meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, the myths it has created. While deeply situated in Central Appalachia, the film transcends time and place, emphasizing the ways in which all are connected through an immersive mosaic of belonging, ritual, and imagination. Emerging from the long shadows of the coal mines, King Coal untangles the pain from the beauty, and illuminates the innately human capacity for change.

"King Coal is not merely a history; it is a ghost story, an exercise in remembrance, and a cinematic archive." ~ Jenna Kalishman, FilmDaze.net
Not Rated
Genre
Documentary, Women and Film
Runtime
78
Language
English
Director
Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Awards:
Nominee, NEXT Innovator Award, Sundance Film Festival

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