One Hundred Years in the Rhondda Valleys
An Everyman film
'I know of men who would today be preaching the Gospel had they not been seduced from that work by socialism.' ' We cannot reconcile the smug sentiments of brotherly love which issue from the pulpits with the fawning of the preachers upon the rich deacons.'
One hundred years ago the Rhondda Valleys were the most famous coal-producing area in the world. The people were suspended between two forces - the chapels and the mines. Their work was dangerous, often lethal. Their religion was fervent. Their attitudes were shaped by struggle and expressed in bitter strikes and religious revivals.
This film tells the story, in the words of the time, of the rise of a way of life, and goes to the Rhondda to see what remains of it today.
With RICHARD BEBB , HUW CEREDIG DIC HUGHES , JACK WALTERS
ERNEST EVANS , HAYDN EDWARDS GILLIAN ELISA THOMAS
DONNA MURPHY
ResearchMERRYL WYN DAVIES Drama director HUGH DAVID
Written and produced by DANIEL WOLF PETER ARMSTRONG