Coal Mining Movies

  • 2015
    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life

    7.22015HD

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

    La Buena Vida - The Good Life
  • 1985
    Broken Rainbow

    Broken Rainbow

    Broken Rainbow

    5.81985HD

    Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.

    Broken Rainbow
  • 1970
    That's the Price

    That's the Price

    That's the Price

    91970HD

    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...

    That's the Price
  • 2007
    The Town That Was

    The Town That Was

    The Town That Was

    7.22007HD

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

    The Town That Was
  • 2024
    Once We Were Pitmen

    Once We Were Pitmen

    Once We Were Pitmen

    82024HD

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

    Once We Were Pitmen
  • 2017
    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town

    102017HD

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

    Centralia: Pennsylvania's Lost Town
  • 2017
    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle

    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle

    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle

    02017HD

    Der lange Abschied von der Kohle
  • 2014
    Moving Mountains

    Moving Mountains

    Moving Mountains

    12014HD

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

    Moving Mountains
  • 1985
    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.61985HD

    The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

    Which Side Are You On?
  • 1991

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    "They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s

    81991HD

    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...

  • 2019
    Ancient Sunshine

    Ancient Sunshine

    Ancient Sunshine

    02019HD

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

    Ancient Sunshine
  • 2009
    Down in Number 5

    Down in Number 5

    Down in Number 5

    02009HD

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

    Down in Number 5
  • 2014
    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    The Miners' Strike and Me

    02014HD

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

    The Miners' Strike and Me
  • 1964
    Thud and Blunder in

    Thud and Blunder in "Knock-Off Time"

    Thud and Blunder in "Knock-Off Time"

    01964HD

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

    Thud and Blunder in
  • 2012
    Comrade Kim Goes Flying

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying

    6.12012HD

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

    Comrade Kim Goes Flying
  • 1948
    Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4

    Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4

    Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4

    01948HD

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

    Mining Review 2nd Year No. 4
  • 2025
    La Catastrophe de Liévin

    La Catastrophe de Liévin

    La Catastrophe de Liévin

    02025HD

    La Catastrophe de Liévin
  • 1935
    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    Coal Face

    6.21935HD

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

    Coal Face
  • 2020
    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade

    02020HD

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

    Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
  • 2015
    The Miners' Strike

    The Miners' Strike

    The Miners' Strike

    02015HD

    Teaming up with director Karl Francis, Dafydd Hywel speaks to some of the coal miners and their wives who played a huge part in the Miners' Strike of...

    The Miners' Strike