Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

Name: Devil Put the Coal in the Ground
Director: Lucas Sabean
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-07-30
Duration: 4800000 s
Cast: Rob Bilott, Paula Jean Swearengin, Bo Webb

Directed by Lucas Sabean, Peter D. Hutchison

2022 80mDocumentary

7.67.5

Uniquely structured upon the personal storytelling of native West Virginians, Devil Put The Coal In The Ground is a meditation on the suffering and devastation brought on by the coal industry and it's decline. From the realities of a crumbling economy, to the ravages of the opioid epidemic, to the irreparable environmental damage and its tragic impact on human health - the film is a cautionary tale of unfettered corporate power, and an elegy to a vanishing Appalachia.