THEME EXPLORATION

mining towns

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Primitive
Primitive
2009 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
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
Land in Revolt: Impure Gold
Land in Revolt: Impure Gold
2009 · Fernando Solanas
Foreign Earth
Foreign Earth
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films like 'Kes' and 'The Navigator' authentically capture the social and economic struggles of working-class mining communities and their decline.

 Tom Holland Poland

Her works including 'Coal Miner's Daughter' and documentaries deeply explore the human cost of mining industries and community resilience.