Tinker (1949)

Basada en la autobiografía de la estrella de la música country Loretta Lynn, quien logró escapar del sórdido mundo en el que vivía, convirtiéndose en toda una estrella del mundo del espectáculo. Loretta Lynn nació en el seno de una familia humilde, cerca de los montes Apalaches. Se casó a los trece años y llegó a tener cuatro hijos, antes de los veinte.

En un pequeño pueblo de Gales, un padre y sus cinco hijos trabajan en las minas de carbón y la vida cotidiana fluye pacíficamente. Sin embargo, sus condiciones de trabajo son cada vez más difíciles y los hijos deciden dar un golpe, en contra de la opinión de su padre.

Shahid Khan y Sultana Daku son dos asaltadores de trenes rivales. Cuando Shahid se convierte en un renegado, se ve obligado a trabajar en la mina propiedad de Ramadhir Singh. Años después, su hijo Sardar querrá restaurar el honor de su padre, iniciando una venganza contra el clan Daku que lo convertirá en uno de los hombres más temidos en la India.

A tres kilómetros dentro de la Tierra, nueve mineros de los Apalaches luchan por sobrevivir después de que una explosión de metano les deje con tan sólo una hora de oxígeno.

Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

Condado de Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, 1876. Una sociedad secreta de mineros irlandeses dedicados a extraer carbón, unidos por un juramento sagrado, presionan a la codiciosa y despiadada empresa para la que trabajan saboteando instalaciones mineras con la esperanza de mejorar sus condiciones laborales y la vida de sus familias.

Año 1863. Etienne Lantier, despedido de la compañía de ferrocarriles por estar implicado en actividades sindicales, consigue trabajo en una mina del norte de Francia. Encuentra alojamiento en casa de la familia Maheus, donde todos son mineros y cuya hija, Catalina, se rinde a sus encantos. El trabajo es duro, mal pagado y peligroso. Cuando se enteran los mineros de que se les va a rebajar el salario, liderados por Lantier, se rebelan. La compañía decide contratar a otros obreros en su lugar y las autoridades reprimen a los rebeldes sin miramiento alguno.

Una mina de carbón donde trabajan inmigrantes es el centro de una amarga disputa laboral entre los trabajadores y sus propietarios.

Norte de China, 2004. Cuando el minero Zhang Baomin regresa a su casa, una pequeña y aislada aldea minera, su esposa le cuenta que su hijo ha desaparecido misteriosamente mientras pastoreaba su pequeño rebaño.

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

Margaret MacNeil es una joven marginal que vive en un pueblo de mineros en Nueva Escocia, en el límite de la civilización. Margaret cosechó durante su vida su odio a las minas, las cuales mataron a su padre y a su hermano, amargando para siempre la vida de su madre. Pero la vida de Margaret se transforma cuando se enamora de Neil, un corpulento y alcohólico minero.

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.

The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community's way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, the leader Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine's operators, which soon becomes a fight to survive.

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town with a fiery immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling America’s industrial revolution and today in decline and struggling to survive and retain its identity, soul and values – all of which were dramatically challenged when four of the town’s white, star football players were charged in the beating death of an undocumented Mexican immigrant named Luis Ramirez. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Turnley’s most personal work, SHENANDOAH creates a deeply felt portrait of a working class community, and the American Dream on trial.

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

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 children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when they're caught, it's up to the mine owners and the miners themselves to decide what's right

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his family has. Willie's stern, but benevolent father is a coal miner in a local mine along with his older brother John. But when Willie's father is injured and John is killed in an accident at the mine, Willie is forced to step into his brother's shoes to support his older sister Nelle, and two younger sisters until their father recovers. Willie soon finds work at the mine lonely (aka: the pit) and unfriendly in which he forms a bond with a pit pony horse in order to make it though each day.

In July of 2019 the Blackjewel coal company announced it was declaring bankruptcy. Miners were told to stop working mid shift, and their last paychecks bounced. The miners retaliated by blocking a train full of coal, camping out on the coal tracks for weeks. Queer regional organizers made their way to the encampment to support the miners. The encampment became a place for community gathering and mutual aid distribution. Sarah Moyer, a film maker living in Kentucky, also made their way to the encampment and filmed this short documentary on the blockade. (Summary from Queer Appalachia)

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

The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.