After a miner is killed by a corrupt union leader, his son, an attorney, embarks on a quest for justice, unraveling a web of deceit and violence.

The plot centers on a mining family. The time of events falls on the difficult 90s. The heroes get into a difficult life and try to find the strength to endure the trials.

Follows Ethan Bishop, an eight-year-old boy navigating a difficult time in his life that lands him on Santa’s naughty list. In response, Santa implements ‘Plan C,’ sending a legendary Lump of Coal to guide Ethan on a “ho-ho-hilarious journey.” Through a series of positive and negative experiences with the coal, Ethan discovers a life-altering artistic talent.

On the coal road linking the Shanxi mines with the large port of Tianjin, in northern China, the drivers of 100-ton trucks shuttle endlessly to and from, day and night. On the roadside: prostitutes, cops, petty racketeers, garage owners, mechanics.

Young farmer’s daughter Johanna Lambert works as a maid to support her struggling family. No one suspects that a hidden treasure lies beneath the Lambert family’s woodland: crude oil. Only Richard, the son of neighboring wealthy landowner Wilhelm Pape, knows the truth and dreams of a future with Johanna. Their forbidden love is put to the test when the ruthless oil trader Tyler Robertson arrives, sparking a bitter struggle for power and wealth. Driven by greed, Wilhelm Pape stops at nothing: betrayal, deceit, and the expropriation of the Lamberts push the village to the brink of collapse.

On Coal River takes viewers on a gripping emotional journey into the Coal River Valley of West Virginia — a community surrounded by lush mountains and a looming toxic threat. The film follows a former coal miner and his neighbors in a David-and-Goliath struggle for the future of their valley, their children, and life as they know it.

A young man's life is abruptly thrown into disarray when the girl he loses his virginity to accuses him of sexual assault.

In a remote northern woodland community, a young First Nations mother and her 7-year-old son search for her boyfriend in the wake of his mysterious disappearance.

At the end of World War II, a German soldier is looking for his daughter while an SS troop is looking for a Jewish treasure.

Black Gold is a reality-documentary television series that chronicles three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County, Texas, 30 miles northwest of Odessa. It is partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. The Black Gold theme song is sung by country music star Trace Adkins. The title "Black Gold" comes from a slang term for oil.Black Gold airs Wednesday nights on truTV at 10pm. It is also shown as a special presentation on TNT in high definition. The show also airs in the United Kingdom on Five, under the title Oil Riggers.