Coal Season at British Film Institute

British Film Institute Launches Coal Film Season - September 2009

28 August

King Coal is the first installment of a major three-year BFI project - This Working Life - celebrating the UK's 20th century industrial heritage.

Launching in September, the turbulent story of coal and the immense effect it has had on British life will be explored on screen - to be followed by seasons devoted to shipbuilding in 2010 and steel in 2011. The King Coal programme showcases some remarkable material drawn from the BFI National Archives's documentary and fiction collections, with themes ranging from the myth of the miner, domestic and community life, to the agonising battles against pit closures in the 1980s.

To find out more about DVDs, screenings and the Mediatheque on tour visit out:

www.bfi.org.uk/go/kingcoalworldcoal