CB Film Fest: King Coal

Coal is King. But after it cedes its throne, what stories are free to be told?

A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, KING COAL meditates on the 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 a 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.