Coal Mining Movies
- 2011
These were the reasons
These were the reasons02011HD
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...
- 1977
In Memory of the Land and People
In Memory of the Land and People01977HD
“…It is a film that tells in hurried film sequences and a resonant musical score juxtaposing the sublime, funereal despair of Bartok...
- 2020
Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade02020HD
In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...
- 1970
Bimblebox
Bimblebox01970HD
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...
- 2007
The Town That Was
The Town That Was7.22007HD
An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown...
- 2006
Mine Your Own Business
Mine Your Own Business02006HD
Mine Your Own Business is a 2006 documentary film directed and produced by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney about the Roșia Montană mining...
- 1948
Braunkohle
Braunkohle01948HD
Short film about coal mining
- 2012
Comrade Kim Goes Flying
Comrade Kim Goes Flying6.22012HD
A North Korean coal miner struggles to realize her dream of becoming a circus acrobat.
- 1910
A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner5.41910HD
The work done by men and women at the coal face and the pit head.
- 1970
Deep Roots, Dark Earth: Freemining in the Forest of Dean
Deep Roots, Dark Earth: Freemining in the Forest of Dean01970HD
For centuries, freeminers have held the right to mine coal anywhere within the Forest of Dean. To become a freeminer, one must be over 21, born...
- 2025
La Catastrophe de Liévin
La Catastrophe de Liévin02025HD