Miner
Impressions of a hardrock miner's life, suitable for the classroom, filmed at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine at Sudbury, Ontario, and showing also the increasing use of nickel in today's space age. Much of what is shown wa
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Matei Child Miner
Matei lives with his grandfather in Romania. His parents have gone to work in Italy. After arguing with his grandfather, he leaves. A poignant, beautifully shot film on the illusions and disillusionments of childhood.
Coal Miner's Daughter
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Algie, the Miner
When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.
The Miner
2009, Slovenia. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure th
A Miner Affair
Clyde and Rogers dig for buried treasure so they can pay for a crippled boys operation.
LA Miner
LA Miner is the story of a redneck savant and natural story-teller who started mining for gold on the outskirts of Los Angeles after contemplating suicide. It follows him, past other miners, and into the mountains, on a
Toby the Miner
A Toby the pup short.
Coul Miner
Shenmu County is China's largest coal producing county where serious environmental problems are induced by the over exploitation of the coal resources. However, to pursue economic interest, it continues and even accelera
Minor Miner
This piece echoes a part of Bak's own family rooted in the coal-mining region of the Pas-de-Calais. In these five videos made simultaneously, the artist addresses present-day child labour in five countries : India, where
Portrait of a Miner
Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".
The Welsh Miner
The History of Miners and mining in Wales.
Canada Vignettes: Bill Miner
Bill Miner was a train robber in British Columbia at the turn of the century. This animated film depicts a disastrous episode in his career.
The Last Miner
The last man working in his father's failing coal mine, Jim Power is faced with a difficult decision. Keep working the tunnels alone in the job he was brought up to do, or move on to an uncertain future?
The Miner's Son
Set against the backdrop of the 1984 miners' strike, a rock band strive for success during turbulent times.
Death of a Miner
Celebrates the life of Jack Elliott, a coal miner from Birtley, Co Durham. In 1962 Jack talked to a film crew about his life as a miner. In 1966 he died. The following year the pit at Birtley closed. The film is 'In memo
Juan Pérez, Miner
Work that illustrates the life of the Chuquicamata miners, criticizing their mechanical and repetitive routine that reduces them to just another cog in the productive gear. Armed with a script that works a mixture of doc
Miner's Mountain
A Sheriff comes under fire when two S.B.I. Agents question his involvement in an unsolved murder that shares distinct similarities with a recent homicide.
Miner's Opera
Milena, a young director, arrives to Bor, a small mining town in Eastern Serbia. Her aim is to set up Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" with local amateur actors. Different people come to the audition for this play
The Devil's Miner
'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support his family.