Karl Francis

Karl Francis (born 1 April 1942) is a Welsh film and television director, producer and screenwriter, associated with left-wing political causes.

The film, shot in the spring and summer of 1975, records the closure of the Ogilvie colliery in the Rhymney Valley and the effect on the miners and the larger community.

The film uses professional and amateur actors to show the relationships between workers, unions and the National Coal Board, along with footage of the political leaders of the day.

[1] In 2008 Francis released Hope Eternal, the film tells the story of a Madagascan nurse working in a Tuberculosis and AIDS hospice in the Congo.

The IPCC described the investigation as demonstrating a "Low level of investigatory standards" and noted that "[the] South Wales Police covered their tracks to enforce forensic evidence" amongst other significant criticisms.