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Above Us the Earth

BFI titles • Documentary, Drama, UR

Independent Welsh filmmaker Karl Francis uses amateur and professional actors to explore the community impact of the 1975 closure of the Ogilvie Colliery in the Rhymney Valley, a few miles from his family home.

Tags
Emphysema, Ogilvie Colliery, Business closure, Collieries, Miners
Cast
Windsor Rees retiring miner
Gwen Francis his wife
Dai Morgan lodge chairman
Evan Jones union secretary
Crew
Karl Francis director

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