"This month there will be many articles, radio programmes and TV documentaries marking the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the miners' strike: few will be as beautiful or as achingly melancholic as The Miners' Hymns."

Review: The film 'Miners' Hymns' and its evocative, live score

"As Bill Morrison's film about coal workers in England is shown at Royce Hall, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score is performed — and a mystical aura results."

A film by Bill Morrison
Original score by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Produced by Forma

Distributed by Icarus Films
Distributed by the BFI

(2011, 52 min, HD)

A wordless documentary depicting the ill-fated mining community in North East England.

"The Miners' Hymns is quite simply one of the best and most beautiful films of the year." - Michael Glitz, Huffington Post, 10/26/12

"Morrison does not assemble, nor does he go directly from point A to point B. He manipulates images, enhancing mood and scoring progressive political points through his juxtapositions. The Burnsians are gifted artisans; Morrison goes further: He is an unapologetic poet, a unique talent."

"A miner himself of a type, Mr. Morrison has dug into the archives of the likes of the British Film Institute to cull primarily black-and-white images so rich, so alive with dirty faces, shadows and the occasional pit pony that they resurrect a world that for many has long been lost to history."