King Coal | movie | 2023 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

The cultural roots of coal continue to permeate the rituals of daily life in Appalachia even as its economic power wanes | dG1fUHdmSGwxalEtbGM

Transcript

00:00 (phone ringing)

00:02 - I was born one morning when it was drizzling rain.

00:09 - I was born one morning when it was drizzling rain.

00:12 - I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mines.

00:15 - I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mines.

00:18 - I loaded 16 ton of number nine coal.

00:21 - I loaded 16 ton of number nine coal.

00:24 (clapping)

00:28 - For those of us who grew up with it, coal is intrinsic.

00:33 - Is coal important to your family?

00:38 - I don't know.

00:40 Is it to your family?

00:42 - Yes.

00:43 - That creates a kind of bond that you don't just make

00:46 with any coal worker.

00:47 - No.

00:48 - But coal mining, you go underground,

00:50 sacrifice your life, you sweat and bleed and work.

00:53 (explosion)

00:55 ♪ I've seen a time of brotherhood ♪

01:02 - For nearly a century, we've been told

01:07 this place is nothing without a king.

01:10 - All this stuff used to be trees and green leaves and ferns.

01:16 ♪ Its spirit fades away ♪

01:21 ♪ They say my father's father ♪

01:24 - In the beginning, this place was wild.

01:29 Sometimes I wonder if our king's ghost is trapped here.

01:35 - I guess you can't take my memories from me.

01:39 - It is not dirty or clean, it is elemental.

01:46 I learned that you can be proud of your life

01:48 and want better for them that come after you.

01:51 (dramatic music)

01:53 There have always been those of us looking for stories

01:58 that keep us alive.

02:01 (dramatic music)

02:04 (music)

02:06 (whooshing)