Made for the BBC (Screen 2), this film was set during the miners strike and caused huge controversy.   Seen entirely from the  point of view of the miners, real people act out the drama of their lives, set against the real background of picket lines.  1985 (100’)

The outstanding film of the festival and the finest single documentary made in Britain last year was Karl Francis' "Ms Rhymney Valley 1985".   It was a work of art, a personal and partial view of the 1984-5 miners' strike from the vantage point of Francis' native valley.  (The Daily Telegraph)

If Karl Francis ever transcribes the 100 minutes of "Ms Rhymney Valley 1985" he will find among his heap of paper something approaching perfect historical drama.  (The Sunday Times)