The Miners' Hymns

2010

52m

Documentary

Drama

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Bill Morrison creates a portrait of a vanished way of life in a community in northeastern England.

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Noel Murray

AV Club

Morrison sketches a portrait of a vanished way of life for one Northeast England community, along with an explanation of sorts for why it disappeared.

Rated: A-

Feb 9, 2012

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

A look at ill-fated mining communities in northern England.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 9, 2012

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

An elegant, elegiac found-footage work from Bill Morrison, best known for his silent-film reverie "Decasia."

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 7, 2012

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

It's a fantastic paradox that's as thrilling to experience as it is to contemplate. There's nothing else out there quite like it.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Jennifer Merin

About.com

Filmmaker Bill Morrison mined the archives of the British Film Institute for found footage for this poetic and haunting impressionistic study about coal mining in England.

Rated: 5/5 stars

Feb 12, 2012

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Nora Lee Mandel

Film-Forward.com

Imaginatively re-purposes archival footage in collaboration with Johannsson's stirring score. . . to bring back the proud miners like ghosts . . .of labor's heritage.

Rated: 10/10

Feb 12, 2012

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Audience Member

while no words are spoken by the coal miners or families the images and the score speak louder than words. It left my heart completely exposed and I fell in love with Johansson

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Watched it in honor of Maggie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Bill Morrison

Director

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Writer

Bill Morrison

Writer

David Metcalfe

Producer

Jóhann Jóhannsson

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Synopsis

Bill Morrison creates a portrait of a vanished way of life in a community in northeastern England.

Director: Bill Morrison
Producer: David Metcalfe
Screenwriter: Jóhann Jóhannsson, Bill Morrison
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2017
Runtime: 52m

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