Movies and TvShows featuring "coal-town" theme.

Back Roads is a gripping crime drama thriller that takes place in a small backwoods town in the 1990s. The story follows a troubled man named Harley Altmyer, who is struggling to care for his three sisters in the aftermath of their mother being sent to jail for killing their abusive father. As Harley tries to hold his family together, he becomes entangled in a web of secrets, deceit, and murder.

Under the Trump administration, USA is a deeply divided country. One side feeds populism and religious rectitude in a monochromatic landscape, painted white, lamenting for a past that never will return. The other side fuels diversity and multiculturalism, a biased vision of a progressive future, quite unlikely. Both sides are constantly confronted, without listening to each other. Only a few reasonable people gather to change this potentially dangerous situation.

Kids from the Coal Land: A Letter to Henri Storck is a heartfelt documentary that delves into the lives of children living in a poverty-stricken coal town. It offers an intimate look at the challenges they face, the dreams they hold onto, and the resilience that keeps them going.

Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town is a documentary that tells the story of Centralia, a small town in Pennsylvania that has been virtually abandoned due to a coal mine fire that has been burning underground for decades. The film explores the history of the town and the effects of the fire on its residents.

An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to acknowledge defeat reveal a man, a town, a region, and a way of life abandoned and forgotten.

The work done by men and women at the coal face and the pit head.

With footage shot deep within the mine, this is an account of life of an English mining town and what it is like to work below ground as told by the miners', and their wives' within their homes.