A coal miner becomes the fire-stealer in this blistering poetic fever dream.
Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very end of the 20th century, as interpreted through the myth of Prometheus.
Writing
Harrison's blistering poetry fused with cinema.
Production
Industrial landscapes as mythological hellscape.
Acting
Non-professional miners bring devastating authenticity.
Director
Tony Harrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CA
GB
