Miners Hymns

Dir. Bill Morrison, Unknown, UK

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Thu 6 February 2014 // 19:30 / Cinema

An elegy in film and music to the coal mining communities of North East England.

The product of an exceptional creative collaboration between renowned filmmaker Bill Morrison (Decasia) and acclaimed musician and composer Johann Johannson.Collaged from archive film footage and drawing on the region's brass music culture, the Miners' Hymns celebrates the labour, endurance, vibrant community and rich culture that characterised the lives of those who worked underground. 

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Report from the Northern Coal Face - Adrin Neatrour (UK; 2012; 26 min)

Featuring unique footage shot by pitman, Report from the Northern Coal Face follows the trail of three miners as through memory they reclaim the vanished coal mines where they once worked.