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Decasia
Why this pick
Morrison’s earlier archive-film elegy similarly transforms decaying silent footage into a monumental, wordless experience, driven by Michael Gordon’s score rather than conventional narration.
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Listen to Britain
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From the East
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Coal Face
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This concise British documentary poem turns mine work into an audiovisual symphony, using forceful editing and sound to honour workers and convey the harsh physical world of coal.
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01 / THE STORY
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The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their story is told entirely without words, yet the film is far from silent: it features a remarkable original score by the Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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