Jade Miners

A fascinating documentary, shot in the mountainous north of Burma. No filmmaker is welcome there, because, against the background of a civil war, the jade miners enter the deserted mines illegally. With the aid of filmin

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Minerva's Lilies

A meditation on femininity and the magic of being a woman, a girl, a daughter. Minerva's Lilies centres on two sisters, Leah and Nayomi aged, 9 and 10 as they go through the motions of 'being girls'. The visual meditatio

Manson Kilmore: The Night Caller of Coal Miners Holler Part 1: Deadly Secrets

In 1975 a series of bloody murders were taking place in a small SW Virginia coal mining town and a section of the town known as coal miners holler.

Minerva's Mission

Minerva comes home from school filled with the idea that she has a great mission in life. All society needs reformation. She has her maiden aunt come to live with her as chaperon, and Minerva immediately starts in by rec

Miners Forty Niners

Singalong about the discovery of gold in California.

The Miners' Campaign Video Tapes: The Lie Machine

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

Miners' Strike: A Frontline Story

Featuring compelling testimony, this is the story of 15 men and women and one life-changing year on the frontline of the most divisive conflict of a generation: the 1984 miners' strike

Buried Alive: Chile Mine Rescue

David Minerba: "Dopemans samlede værker"

Miners Shot Down

In August 2012, mineworkers in one of South Africa’s biggest platinum mines began a wildcat strike for better wages. Six days later the police used live ammunition to brutally suppress the strike, killing 34 and injuring

Sous-marin la Minerve : 50 ans de mystère

The Miners

Semyon Primak, in the direction of the regional committee, arrives in one of the small towns of Donbas and immediately enters into battle with the chief of the mine, Chub, who, in a situation of continuous assault, plays