 | Coal Bucket Outlawby Tom Hansell Built around one day in the life of a Kentucky coal truck driver, Coal Bucket Outlaw offers a startling glimpse into the lives of working people who haul the nation's fuel. |
 | Country Boysby David Sutherland Country Boys is a universal coming-of-age story told through the eyes of Chris and Cody, two teenage boys struggling to find meaning and direction as they grow up in one of America’s poorest regions. Frontline |
 | The Cracker Manby Bruce Kuerten and John DiJulio An offbeat drama of a life deferred: a woman struggles with duty, flirts with possibility, and ultimately survives catastrophic change. |
 | Crank: Darkness on the Edge of Townby Todd Jarrell Crank is an anatomy of one Tennessee town’s waking nightmare and a nation’s struggle against methamphetamine addiction. |
 | The Creek Runs Redby Bradley Beesley, James Payne, and Julianna Brannum The Environmental Protection Agency calls the former lead mining town of Picher, Oklahoma one of the most toxic places in America, but a dwindling population still calls it home. The Creek Runs Red explores the human response to environmental disaster, and the complex connections between people and place. Independent Lens |
 | Deep Downby Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, Beverly May and Terry Ratliff find themselves at the center of a contentious community battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine. Independent Lens |
 | Greetings from Out Hereby Ellen Spiro This tongue-in-cheek and pedal-to-the-metal on-the-road journey through the backroads of the South documents gay life in the boonies and beyond. |
 | Hell and Back Againby Danfung Dennis What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home — injured physically and psychologically — and build a life anew? Independent Lens |
| Homecoming ... Sometimes I Am Haunted by Memories of Red Dirt and Clayby Charlene Gilbert “This is the story of my family, this is the story of black farmers in the 20th century, this is the story of land and love.” |
| Justice in the Coalfieldsby Anne Lewis Examine the community and family toll surrounding the 1989 Pittston Coal Strike, its effects on the rank-and-file miners, and on those neighbors, shopkeepers, sons and daughters, both united and divided. |
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