Mining Movies

A West Yorkshire story of rewilding wetlands in a landscape once dominated by deep coal mining.

An insight into the lives of the miners who search for Australia’s famous black opals.

Mirage of El Dorado leads us into the mountains of northern Chile, where the devastating operations of Canadian mining companies threaten a fragile...

"Dayas", a term referring to the process of gold extraction from the ore, is a short film that aims to showcase the Igorot culture and local talents....

Throughout her life, Aleksandra has done hard physical work, believing in God and the imminent end of human suffering. Shura, 64, works at the top of...

Lee Anne Schmitt explores California's landscape and past to document the history of one-time boom towns built and abandoned by the industries that...

A multi-generational portrait of women living in the Ruhr region. Part of the seven-part documentary film cycle "Prosper/Ebel. Chronik einer Zeche...

Brought by poverty, Petang and Cereno are driven into the realm of child labor to live by the clock. Film Weekly follows their journey as they step...

"It's still men who win coal": a look at the past, present and future of the coal industry.

A visit to Peterlee, Co. Durham.

A documentary about the protests of mining workers against the closure of the Krupp steel mill in Rheinhausen.

Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund.