Movies: Mining

Mirage of El Dorado leads us into the mountains of northern Chile, where the devastating operations of Canadian mining companies threaten a fragile ecosystem in one of the driest parts of the globe. This « political cowboy flick» follows the pitched ...

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 fo...

The Bimblebox Nature Refuge lies in the path of what will be the earths largest coal mines. One woman, Paola Cassoni, decides to resist the "China First" project that will destroy her Nature Refuge and supply energy to Asia for the next thirty years....

Short documentary about mining in east germany....

A documentary film about mining in saxony...

A multi-generational portrait of women living in the Ruhr region. Part of the seven-part documentary film cycle "Prosper/Ebel. Chronik einer Zeche und ihrer Siedlung"...

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An insight into the lives of the miners who search for Australia’s famous black opals....

Documentary about a Finnish mining company struggling with production and environmental management problems....

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Images from Grängesberg's mines. The ore is loaded onto trains and transported to the port of Oxelösund....

Love triangle in Chile...

A documentary about the protests of mining workers against the closure of the Krupp steel mill in Rheinhausen....