Coal Mining Movies

Black dust, shrill metallic noises, dark tunnels, muscular bodies – all that is the past. At the end of 2018, extraction of coal throughout...

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

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

A North Korean coal miner struggles to realize her dream of becoming a circus acrobat.

A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. ...

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...

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

What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The...

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

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

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

A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated.

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...

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

When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three...

“…It is a film that tells in hurried film sequences and a resonant musical score juxtaposing the sublime, funereal despair of Bartok...

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

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...

A reflection on anarchism and labor, ANCIENT SUNSHINE marks a path through the struggles of climate activism and coal extractions in the American...