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Devil Put the Coal in the Ground

2021
1h 22m
Documentary
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Cast

Rob Bilott (Self)Paula Jean Swearengin (Self)Bo Webb (Self)

Directors

Lucas Sabean, Peter D. Hutchison

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Synopsis

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.

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