How do we portray our mining past?

Miners faces covered in coal dust, camaraderie and a parish priest asking for family expansion: they seem to be the regular ingredients of films about our mining past. What does this nostalgic perspective say about us?

On New Year's Eve 1974, the last of Limburg's coal mines closed. They brought prosperity, but after the closure, South Limburg had to reinvent itself. How do we depict this past in contemporary films? Take a look and share your perspective!