A wealth of local knowledge and experience was mined in the making of a film which will shed light on the coalmining history of a County Durham town when it has its premiere this weekend.
Blast Beach: Digging Deeper has been created from a series of interviews with the communities from around that stretch of coast at Seaham - one of the leading producers of coal in the 1900s - as well as those whose lives and work were influenced by it.
Miners as well as artists and academics took part in the project about Seaham ’s Blast Beach. The results will be seen on Saturday when the 40-minute documentary will make its debut in the town ahead of being screened online and then featuring as part of this year’s Seaham Festival.
