Short film
Germinal
1973 · 22 min
A quiet, thoughtful essay-film that pairs a calm voice with stark images of a mining village, asking you to look closely and think.
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- John Berger
- Overview
- In this programme John Berger talks about Zola's novel 'Germinal' and illustrates his subject with extensive use of film of Creswell and its colliery.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, work, power, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- John Berger
