Coal Mining Movies

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...

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

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

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

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

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

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

A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial...

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

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

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

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...

Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.

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.

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...

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...

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