The Proud Valley (1940)

Directed by

Pen Tennyson

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

An African American seaman comes to a Welsh coal mining town and joins the mining community. The film shows the miners' love of singing and the dangerous work underground.

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What happens

The Proud Valley is a 1940 Ealing Studios film starring Paul Robeson. Filmed in the South Wales coalfield, the principal Welsh coal mining area, the film is about an African American seaman who joins a mining community. It includes their passion for singing as well as the dangers and precariousness of working in a mine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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