Westray
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Paul Cowan offers an innovative, moving account of the Westray coal mine disaster that killed 26 men in Nova Scotia on May 9, 1992. The film focuses on the lives of three widows and three miners lucky enough not to be underground that day when the methane and coal dust ignited. But their lives were torn apart by the events. Meet some of the working men, who felt they had no option but to stay on at Westray. And wives, who heard the rumours, saw their men sometimes bloodied from accidents and stood by them, hoping it would all turn out all right. This is a film about working people everywhere whose lives are often entrusted to companies that violate the most fundamental rules of safety and decency in the name of profit.
Release Date
September 14, 2001Runtime
80 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Paul CowanWritten by
Paul CowanLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Videos
Westray
Similar movies
Flor Brilhante e as Cicatrizes da Pedra
October 15, 2013Shakespeare: The Hidden Truth
April 12, 2013Sable Island
January 1, 1956Waste Land
November 18, 2001The Land of Mine
June 6, 2016Make money. Salut, bonsoir!
June 6, 2004Scenes from the Blackjewel Miners Blockade
January 30, 2020Iron and Steel Supply of the World
September 1, 1947In the Low
February 1, 1946Bischofferode. Das Treuhand Trauma
July 5, 2018Zielitz - Der Kampf ums Weiße Gold
June 9, 2020Halifax At War: Story of a Bomber
January 1, 2005Harlan County U.S.A.
January 23, 1977Rivers and Tides
February 13, 2001Richesse des autres
June 11, 1973Playground
January 3, 2017Why Women Run
November 16, 1999Plains
March 2, 2023The Beaver
January 1, 1935500 Years
April 6, 2017