Life down and around the mine was portrayed in many different ways in the previous century. Films were often intended to make the mining industry look attractive or to recruit Belgian or foreign workers and were frequently made in response to current events, such as in the case of the mining disaster at Marcinelle in 1957, or in the event of strikes and the numerous closures. The mine also inspired film-makers to make fiction and melodrama. In 1911 Victorin H. Jasset made the silent film The Great Mine Disaster. Together with broadcasting companies' archives and the main mining heritage organisations CINEMATEK selected 14 films that bring coal mining in Belgium during the previous century to life once again.
CONTENT
The Great Mine Disaster (1911)
Reception and Training at the Mine (1957)
The Men from Down the Mine (1949)
Become a Miner! (1947)
The Black Gold of Campine (1951)
20.000 a Turk (1964)
De Profundis (1992)
A Practical Demonstration at Charleroi (1920)
Mining Disaster at Marcinelle (1956)
Mine News (1946-1950)
The battle for the Mine (1959 - 1980)
The Path of Death at Borinage (1961)
Life after Death (1969-1978)
Buy Coal (1959 - 1965)
DVD: 186 min.
Language: Dutch, French
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch
Regional code: PAL (region free)