Coal’s Human Cost

2026 • 0h 54m • Documentary

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.

Director

Molly Born

Writers

Molly Born

Status

Released