Coal’s Human Cost

Coal’s Human Cost (2026)

From PBS Frontline; Working veteran underground coal miners are suffering from an incurable lung disease at the highest rates in nearly 50 years. With NPR, publichealthwatch, and Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (porchlightnews), we've been investigating how industry and government have failed to protect miners in Appalachia from black lung disease.

Date of release
2026-11-10
Runtime
54m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Molly Born

Casting

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