Above Us the Earth

Above Us the Earth

🎞️ Movie 85 min
โ˜… 6.8 /10 1977

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.

Direction
Screenplay

Cast

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Windsor Rees
Retiring Miner
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Gwenllian Francis
His Wife
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Dai Morgan
Lodge Chairman
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Evan Jones
Union Secretary
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Tom Jenkings
3rd Friend
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Evan Watkins
1st Friend
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Don Osmond
Their Son
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Mal Jones
Bus Driver
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Ted Uzzell
2nd Friend
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Dai Small
2nd Young Miner
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Roger Evans
Cinematographer