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
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.
hopefulearnestcommunity-focusedquietly determinedmelancholicinspirationalgroundedgritty
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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