THEME EXPLORATION

coal mining

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Airmail
Airmail
1932 · John Ford
Beat the Devil *
Beat the Devil *
1953 · John Huston
El mégano
El mégano
1955 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Friends
Friends
1912 · D.W. Griffith
Makwayela
Makwayela
1977 · Jean Rouch
Matchin’ Jim
Matchin’ Jim
1916 · Frank Borzage
Moon
Moon
2009 · Duncan Jones
Trunk Conveyor
Trunk Conveyor
1954 · Lindsay Anderson
Dotanba
Dotanba
1957 · Tomu Uchida
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
Land in Revolt: Impure Gold
Land in Revolt: Impure Gold
2009 · Fernando Solanas
My Second Brother
My Second Brother
1959 · Shohei Imamura
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'The Road to Wigan Pier' authentically portray the lives and struggles of working-class coal mining communities in Britain.

 Tom Holland Poland

Her film 'A Cry from the Deep' and other works examine the human cost of coal mining and industrial labor in Eastern European contexts.