00:00 Blue clothes, black helmet, flashlight in hand, in a concert hall of St. Avold, Moselle,
00:05 coal miners of the last century, yet very young,
00:09 land and tell this 150-year-old story in a rock opera.
00:12 Museums, street exhibitions and even rock operas, in the basin where Yelorin,
00:17 many cultural events evoke the mining heritage,
00:20 memory of work but also of the social life of the inhabitants of the 20th century.
00:24 The shows multiply and often make room for the full.
00:28 Just for the rock opera "Lights in the Night",
00:30 the six dates proposed this winter in Moselle, not far from the German border,
00:34 saw more than 6,000 people, the maximum gauge,
00:37 attend rehearsals and performances.
00:40 The scenario, both nostalgic and futuristic,
00:43 was imagined by Jackie Locke, artistic director.
00:46 "My father was a miner here, my grandfather died at the mine",
00:50 explains to the AFP the one who is also the conductor of the show.
00:54 His daughter imagined the story of investors who want to acquire an old mine
00:59 to make a health data in 2000 cents.
01:01 They are prevented by squatters who want to keep the memory of this site
01:05 and make it a place of ecological life.
01:07 "The mine brought life, here, to entire generations, it gave a lot,
01:12 but it also sometimes took, "recalls Mr. Locke,
01:15 who recalls, in the representation, historical facts,
01:19 like deadly explosions.
01:21 In February 1985, an explosion occurred at the Puy-Simon,
01:25 in Forbach, Moselle, which had killed 22 people.
01:28 Mining accidents that remain in the minds of the local population
01:32 and move a lot during the show.
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