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Above Us the Earth

Documentaries • 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. Critical of the National Coal Board and the trade unions, the film focuses on the fractious interactions between politicians and union leaders, teasing out the forces that are attempting to divide the community.

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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