Coal Face | |
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Directed by | Alberto Cavalcanti |
Produced by | John Grierson |
Written by | W.H. Auden |
Music by | Benjamin Britten |
Cinematography | Stuart Legg |
Edited by | William Coldstream |
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Release date
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1935 |
Running time
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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 and a poem written and narrated by W.H. Auden, the film gives a glimpse into the lives of a Scottish mining community and the dangerous working conditions the miners routinely faced.