Above Us the Earth (1977)

7.0/10 • 85 min • Drama Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Recommendations

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet
All That Breathes
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)
McQueen
Western Stars
Deliver Us from Evil
Life in a Day
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
David Byrne's American Utopia
Fuck
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
David Bowie: Five Years
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Avicii: True Stories
Sidney
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
A Toxic Love Story