Coal Face
| Coal Face | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alberto Cavalcanti |
| Produced by | John Grierson |
| Written by | W.H. Auden |
| Music by | Benjamin Britten |
| Cinematography | Stuart Legg |
| Edited by | William Coldstream |
Production company | |
Release dates | 1935 |
Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Coal Face is a 1935 British documentary film short directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. With a film score by Benjamin Britten[1] and a poem written and narrated by W.H. Auden,[2] the film gives a glimpse into the lives of a Welsh mining community and the dangerous working conditions the miners routinely faced.[3]
References
- ↑ White, Eric Walter (1970). Benjamin Britten: His Life and Operas. University of California Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-520-01679-3.
- ↑ Thesing, William B. (2000). Caverns of Night: Coal Mines in Art, Literature, and Film. University of South Carolina Press. p. 120. ISBN 1-57003-352-8.
- ↑ Aitken (2006). Aitken, Ian, ed. Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film. Routledge. pp. 237–238. ISBN 978-1-57958-445-0.
External links
- Coal Face at the Internet Movie Database
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