The Miner's Daughter

The film starts with a lovely long shot of the Artist at work in a dappled glade, where he first meets the Miner's Daughter. The Artist asks the Miner for his daughter's hand in marriage, but is denied, so the young coup

Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last paychecks bounced. The miners retaliated by blocking a train full of coal, cam

The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell

Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in the film. In 2005, the last of the deep mines was closed down. As the r

Miners of Kryvyi Rih

Chilean Miners: 17 Days Buried Alive

When the 33 Chilean miners emerged from underground before a worldwide audience of over a billion, they made a pact not to speak about what had happened underground. Now six of them remember the untold story of the first

The Miner's Rose

Adapting a 1930s song, Brdečka presents a ballad of true love between a miner and his sweetheart in a tale that ends in tragedy.

Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

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 them in tears, cheered and clapped as the men of Grimethorpe Colliery m

Miner's Day

The story is about a family that lives in a ghost town. 15 years ago, there was a job and a happy life here. After the closure of the mine, there were only old barracks, mountains of recycled land and unnecessary people

Coal Miner's Granddaughter

Shot primarily in Fisher-Price pixelvision, for the “murky look of memory," COAL MINER'S GRANDDAUGHTER is a profoundly moving family portrait focusing on the youngest daughter Jane, as she leaves her Pennsylvania home an

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Lie Machine

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

A Miner's Luck

A largely intact 1911 Australian film, produced by the Photo Vista Company for Pathe Freres; A drama about a miner who is swindled out of his gold claim.

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: Solidarity

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners

During the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Lesbians and Gays from London visited the Dulias Valley in South Wales to offer financial support to striking miners and their families.

Hard Coal: Last of the Bootleg Miners

Documentary by Marc Brodzik

Manic Street Preachers at Blackwood Miners’ Institute

Highlights of Manic Street Preachers' 2011 homecoming gig at Blackwood Miners' Institute in Wales, the first time they had played in their home town of Blackwood for over 25 years.

I Am a Miner's Son

'I Am a Miner's Son' consists of recordings of a flooded mine in southwestern Poland and an abandoned hotel in Greece. It is a wandering through used up spaces which were given a new life, which are infected by chaotic r

The Coal Miner's Day

Every day hundreds of men risk life and limb going down into the Buzhanska mine in the Ukraine to mine coal with rusty old tools from the Soviet era.

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: Not Just Tea and Sandwiches

Part of BFI collection "The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes."

Trepça miner’s stricke 1989

Heroes with No Name: Coal Miners in Ruifang

Situated in the hills leading down to the coast, Ruifang used to pride itself on its coal mining industry. Every morning, miners from surrounding neighbourhoods gathered here to put on their gears and got into the mineca