From the Ashes
Capturing Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration. From Appalachia to the West’s Powder River Basin, the film goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on coal” to present compelling and often heartbreaking stories about what’s at stake for our economy, health, and climate.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Michael Bonfiglio
Actors: C. Belmont Keeney, Carl Pope, Cecil Lilly, Charles 'Hawkeye' Dixon, Danny Whitt, Ethan Zindler, Jeff Kessler, Jeremy Richardson, Mary Anne Hitt, Regina Lilly, Richard Martin
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