It's Dark Down There

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Documentary
1968
53mins

Directed by Alex Valentine

United Kingdom
No Dialogue with English subtitles

Songs, stories, anger and resignation as Trimdon Grange colliery in County Durham faces closure in 1968

Elegiac, angry and resigned - there are many shades of feeling in this captivating television documentary on the imminent closure of Trimdon Grange colliery in County Durham. It captures the poetry of the everyday - thanks to the beautiful camerawork of Norman Langley and the subtle direction of Alex Valentine.