Coal Mining Movies

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last...

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

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

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

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

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

The work done by men and women at the coal face and the pit head.