Exploring coal’s legacy with the Sundance sensation King Coal.
POV: King Coal airs Monday, June 24 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV
KING COAL, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival breakout hit, follows the personal memories of a 4th generation coal miner’s daughter to meditate on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created.
American Documentary’s Oscar®, Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning signature series, POV, has acquired the 2023 Sundance Film Festival feature documentary, King Coal, directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon (Heroin(e)) and produced by Academy Award®-winners Shane Boris and Diane Becker (Navalny) and Peabody Award-winner Peggy Drexler (My Name is Pauli Murray). King Coal will make its national broadcast premiere as part of POV’s upcoming 37th season launching summer 2024. POV is America’s longest running non-fiction series on television