Coal Mining Movies

Black dust, shrill metallic noises, dark tunnels, muscular bodies – all that is the past. At the end of 2018, extraction of coal throughout...

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution...

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. ...

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

The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.

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

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

An intimate portrait of John Lokitis, the youngest remaining resident of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and his quixotic fight to keep alive a hometown...

Southern Gothic tale of a coal miner pushed to his limits for the love of his son.

Documentary marking the 30th anniversary of the 1984 miners' strike, one of the bitterest industrial disputes in British history, with stories from...

An apocalyptic sound of roaring machines incessantly intrudes into the habitats of man and nature. Barren landscapes and deserted villages linger in...

The Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies in the path of what will be the earths largest coal mines. One woman, Paola Cassoni, decides to resist the "China...

Semi-documentary, focusing on the training young boys receive before they are sent down the mines on their first job.

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...

A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial...

A reflection on anarchism and labor, ANCIENT SUNSHINE marks a path through the struggles of climate activism and coal extractions in the American...

This film demonstrates how labor law has crippled the collective bargaining power of unions and weighed the scales of justice against working people....

The majestic rebirth of Manchester's Bradford Colliery and other stories.