Coal Mining Movies

1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners.

The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu...

Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job.

An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown...

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

The Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies in the path of what will be the earths largest coal mines. One woman, Paola Cassoni, decides to resist the "China...

The work done by men and women at the coal face and the pit head.

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets...

The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.

A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply.

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost...

The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.

An apocalyptic sound of roaring machines incessantly intrudes into the habitats of man and nature. Barren landscapes and deserted villages linger in...

On the 5th of March 1985, a crowd gathered in a South Yorkshire pit village to watch a sight none of them had seen in a year. The villagers, many of...