在这部煤钱纪录片片中,王兵以短小篇幅观察了一个小人物点“煤”成金的狡黠机灵与求存一直。在连接山西煤矿和天津港口的运煤通道上，开大货车的四季，载满车斗的每块，日以继夜穿梭往来。买煤的人和卖煤的人，都在盘算如何从中图利，人与人的关系全靠金钱来定义。既肮脏又乌亮的煤，反照近日所有人向钱看的面貌。
An insight look to the coal industry in China, the conditions under the workers must their job and the risks that they are constantly exposed. In the coal route that goes from the mines of Shanxi to the great harbor in Jianjin, the drivers of the trucks goes up and down this road day and night.
