King Coal

Saw this at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival

"King Coal" is a documentary about the cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes. The journey of a coal miner's daughter exploring the region's dreams and myths, untangling the pain and beauty. King Coal has amazing camerawork and beautiful scenarios of the American country landscapes and coal mining environment.

The film consistent and non-traditional formula style of filmmaking and it offers a nice insight of the environment, tone and setting. It does suffer from some lack of energy and tone problems but I still did enjoy learning about the Appalachia landscapes and what makes the place very special.

Rating: B-