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 80m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)

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.