Fightin' for a Breath

1995
5.5| 0h26m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1995 Released
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Black lung is a debilitating, incurable, and often fatal lung disease caused by exposure to coal dust. Great Britain recognized it as an occupational disease by the turn of the 20th century, but the American medical community still denied any relationship between exposure to coal dust and disabling lung disease until the late 1960s, when a movement of Appalachian coal miners, their families, and a few maverick doctors and politicians forced the nation to confront the issue of occupational disease and disability.

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Stephanie Wagner Whetstone

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Fightin' for a Breath Audience Reviews

Tockinit not horrible nor great
Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Scotty Burke It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review