Movies: Coal mining

  • 1976
    The Littlest Horse Thieves

    The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)

    The Littlest Horse Thieves

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    When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and th...

    The Littlest Horse Thieves
  • 2011
    These were the reasons

    These were the reasons (2011)

    These were the reasons

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    This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where primitve conditions and speed-ups often cost lives. Then, the film moves through the unemployed' struggles of the '30s, post WWII equity campaigns, ...

    These were the reasons
  • 2021
    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain (2021)

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain

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    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 marched back to work accompanie...

    Thatcher vs The Miners: The Battle for Britain
  • 2017
    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town (2017)

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town

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    A small town is overcome by a massive underground coal fire in 1962. As a result hundreds of residents had to be relocated....

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town
  • 1910
    A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner

    A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner (1910)

    A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner

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    A proto-"documentary" film depicting workers of a mine owned by the Wilgan Coal and Iron Company...

    A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner
  • 2024
    Victory to the Mimers

    Victory to the Mimers (2024)

    Victory to the Mimers

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    A satirical dramedy loosely inspired by the infamous UK Miners' strikes; however this time, the fight isn’t in the pits, but on the stage. With his beloved family trade targeted by a right-wing government with a long-standing hatred for the arts, a ...

    Victory to the Mimers
  • 2014
    Moving Mountains

    Moving Mountains (2014)

    Moving Mountains

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    A determined housewife goes head-to-head with a $1 billion mining company after its negligent operation ruins her town's water supply....

    Moving Mountains
  • 1995
    Margaret's Museum

    Margaret's Museum (1995)

    Margaret's Museum

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    In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what ...

    Margaret's Museum
  • 2017
    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle

    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle (2017)

    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle

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    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle
  • 1995
    Justice in the Coalfields

    Justice in the Coalfields (1995)

    Justice in the Coalfields

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    This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people. The documentary follows the 1988 United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Company that f...

    Justice in the Coalfields
  • 2012
    Shenandoah

    Shenandoah (2012)

    Shenandoah

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    An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution and today in decline and struggling to survive and retain its identity, soul and values – all of which were ...

    Shenandoah
  • 1935
    Coal Face

    Coal Face (1935)

    Coal Face

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    1935 documentary about the hard working life of Welsh coal miners....

    Coal Face
  • 1947
    Iron and Steel Supply of the World

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World (1947)

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World

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    Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film....

    Iron and Steel Supply of the World
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On? (1985)

    Which Side Are You On?

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    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words....

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 2025
    Leaning on the tree

    Leaning on the tree (2025)

    Leaning on the tree

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    An apocalyptic sound of roaring machines incessantly intrudes into the habitats of man and nature. Barren landscapes and deserted villages linger in hypnotic restlessness. A self-destructive system meets resistance....

    Leaning on the tree
  • 1970
    That's the Price

    That's the Price (1970)

    That's the Price

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    What happens to two dying coal towns in British Columbia when an American corporation provides a contract for millions of tons of coking coal? The film follows the consequences for the towns of Natal and Michel, suggesting that industrial growth has ...

    That's the Price
  • 2006
    Mine Your Own Business

    Mine Your Own Business (2006)

    Mine Your Own Business

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    Mine Your Own Business is a 2006 documentary film directed and produced by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney about the Roșia Montană mining project. The film asserts that environmentalists' opposition to the mine is unsympathetic to the needs and des...

    Mine Your Own Business
  • 2015
    Blood on the Coal

    Blood on the Coal (2015)

    Blood on the Coal

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    A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial turmoil and the current push by global mining giants to destroy regional communities and replace local mine...

    Blood on the Coal
  • 1949
    Bitva pod zemí

    Bitva pod zemí (1949)

    Bitva pod zemí

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    Bitva pod zemí
  • 2007
    The Town That Was

    The Town That Was (2007)

    The Town That Was

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    An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown that has literally disintegrated under his feet. His unbowed determination and steadfast refusal to ackn...

    The Town That Was