Coal Mining Movies

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...

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

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

In this story of perseverance, passion, and dreams that defy gender boundaries, Carlita becomes the first female miner in a town where women were...

The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu...

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...

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

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

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. ...

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...