Coal Mining Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A story of struggle and tragedy, the film features harrowing underground disasters, heroic rescues and traces a history of strikes, industrial...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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