
The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison.... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
Sorry, we can't find any suggestions at the moment.
The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison.
Leave your thoughts about The Miners' Hymns.
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelImaginatively re-purposes archival footage in collaboration with Johannsson's stirring score. . . to bring back the proud miners like ghosts . . .of labor's heritage. |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoA look at ill-fated mining communities in northern England. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonIt speaks eloquently about the disappearance of most any indigenous working-class culture. |
| About.comJennifer MerinFilmmaker Bill Morrison mined the archives of the British Film Institute for found footage for this poetic and haunting impressionistic study about coal mining in England. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganFound-footage work by filmmaker Bill Morrison matches archival scenes of miners in North England to a new musical score. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisAn elegant, elegiac found-footage work from Bill Morrison, best known for his silent-film reverie "Decasia." |
| User ReviewSteven Bwhile no words are spoken by the coal miners or families the images and the score speak louder than words. It left my heart completely exposed and I fell in love with Johansson |