Mining Movies

The catastrophic and avoidable coal mining disaster at the Knox Mine is recounted by the people who lived through the tragedy.

Republic of Finland is promoting clean technology by organizing Green Mining seminars where foreign experts tell us how the development of the world...

'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support...

A no-nonsense engineer is hired to oversee construction of the Whitney Tunnel, a project that has been plagued by a series of mysterious--and often...

A man is trapped in a mine shaft by his vengeful brother while his daughter embarks on a magical journey to rescue him.

From a historic genocide trial to the overthrow of a president, the sweeping story of mounting resistance played out in Guatemala’s recent...

Documentary on the lives and hopes of the people living in Arlit, Niger and working in its uranium mine.

Brazil is one of the most dangerous countries for environmentalists. The rural community of Belisário holds the country's second largest...

1940s British realist film about the life and struggles of a family in a Welsh mining town.

Bob Fulton is the superintendent of a mine in the West. He wins the enmity of dancehall owner Jack King when he saves one of the girls, Rose De...

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...

Milena travels to a remote opal mining community to see her estranged, ill father. Lost and alone, she falls into his bewildering world, where men...

On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivated by Helen Chester, while he both fascinates and...

In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova...

In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps his camp. His daughter persuades him...

A prospector in the year 2047 must rescue a girl enslaved by a mutant race of gold-injecting vampires.