WE DIG COAL

Examines the situation of women coal miners in the U.S., their struggle to be hired, their day-to-day lives in the mines, the economic necessity that first made them seek work as miners, and the opposition they face from their families, the community and their male coworkers.

Produced by Thomas Goodwin,
Dorothy McGhee and Gerardine Wurzburg
1982, 58 minutes
Purchase: $210 Classroom Rental: $125

* Gold Medal, Houston Film Festival
* Citation, American Association of University Women

"...the very best documentary ever made on women in non-traditional occupations. It should be in the audio-visual library of every Women's Studies program."--Jessie Bernard, Professor Emerita, Pennsylvania State University

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