A Daughter of the Mines

A Romeo and Juliet story of the rivalry between two miners, one rich and one poor, whose son and daughter overcome their respective fathers' opposition.

The Miner's Peril

Mining foreman Jimson is fired by Pedro and Madro when they falsely accuse him of trying to steal ore. When they attack him, he is forced to strike back, and they swear revenge. Their enmity intensifies when Jimson rescu

The Miners' Strike

Teaming up with director Karl Francis, Dafydd Hywel speaks to some of the coal miners and their wives who played a huge part in the Miners' Strike of 1984-5, and their descendants, who have inherited a Wales without coal

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

Miners

With footage shot deep within the mine, this is an account of life of an English mining town and what it is like to work below ground as told by the miners', and their wives' within their homes.

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.

Mineurs

Love Mines

Mimi’s parents forbid her to have a relationship with Tibor as she is going to be married. When she enters university, Mimi meets a senior who happens to be Yos. At first, Mimi doesn’t know her parents’ plan for Yos to b

Copper Mines at Bingham, Utah

Survives only incomplete, but it nicely evokes the lost mining West. The steep hillsides of Bingham Canyon were divided into ethnic enclaves, and in the excerpt we glimpse the neighborhood known as Highland Boy, home to

Sulfur Mines

Harshness and beauty exist side by side in this look at the lives of sulfur mine workers and their families in southern Italy.

King Solomon's Mines

Adventurer Allan Quatermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for King Solomon's gold mines.

Land Mines: A Love Story

Habiba and Shah who, because of the wars fought in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, have experienced immense suffering, but who have survived to show how it is possible to be brave and moral in this world of sanctione

The Miners' Hymns

The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their story is told entirely without words, yet the film is far from silent: i

Oilfields Mines Hurricanes

OILFIELDS MINES HURRICANES is a road-movie, in which the classical concept of that genre - the quest for and the fixation of the own identity - is lead ad absurdum: Salpa, the traveler, experiences a corrosion of his all

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Coal Board's Butchery

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

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

Meu Amigo Mineiro

"Gabito, I'm waiting for you to see my city. Get there. Vitim."

Manson Kilmore: The Night Caller of Coal Miners Holler Part 2 - Payback Is Hell

Thirty years after the murder of Manson Kilmore, the town of Coal Miners Gap have a new series of murders. The question is, is the killer human or something more? And what is the connection to Manson Kilmore and the deat

The Miners of Donetsk

A miners in Donbass embrace new technologies with enthusiasm.