Black Diamonds

53 mins
Inspired by the Cadeby Main pit disaster, this is former miner and amateur director Charles Hanmer's innovative and audaciously ambitious feature debut. It's the tale of brassy Yorkshireman John Morgan's (played by Dewsbury's Beckett Bould) quest to convince an MP to finance a film about pit life. Threading stories about safety and technology with sketches of miners' hobbies, it's a holistic portrait of Barnsley pitmen.

Beckett Bould

John Morgan

Jennie Stevens

Mrs. Morgan

Norman Astridge

John Martin MP

Jenny Morgan

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