“Coal Country” is the best film on mountaintop removal to date. Unlike the other films, it shows the reality of being a coal miner working in the industry that demands the worst destruction of mountains in human history. The interviews with miners, one owner, and opponents are touching and revealing. This film should win an Oscar, standing with the previous winner by Barbara Kopple, “Harlan County, USA.”(1977)

– Steve Fesenmaier, Appalachian filmographer and Charleston Gazette film reviewer.