Coal Mining Movies

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

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

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...

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

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

A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Voreux coal mine. But work was hard, wages were low...

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

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were looking up: miners were unionized and paid decent wages. Then...

Thud and Blunder learn what not to do while in a coal mine.

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

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...

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...

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

A North Korean coal miner struggles to realize her dream of becoming a circus acrobat.

Mine Your Own Business is a 2006 documentary film directed and produced by Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney about the Roșia Montană mining...

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