Coal In Their Veins
A tough-loving Yorkshire mother struggles with the lies, sleepless nights, and endless worry of her son's heroin addiction. Broken promises and unforgivable deceit lead her to rock bottom where she's confronted with an impossible decision.
Based on true events and set in a former coal-mining town, Coal In Their Veins’ aims to shed light on the personal devastation that addiction has on the family, relatives and those closest to the addict.
A twist of events brings a hopeful message to others who suffer through the addiction of a relative or friend.
Proudly filmed on location in Yorkshire with a local-based team.
Director: Dalit Merhav
Writer: Josh Aarons
Director of photography: Mark Stokes
Producer: Mika Colombick
Composers: Chris Wonfor, Mia Bradley
In 2007 Dalit took a side step from editing to set up a successful music production company ‘Firm Music’ supplying music to Universal Music Production, Sony and BMG. Yet her heart remained in TV & film and she found the courage after ten years to return to editing and direct her first short film ‘Coal In Their Veins’.
Her vision was to tell the story of what happened in Yorkshire post the closure of the Mines. Yet the story that people in the community endured struck home with Dalit as she too had first hand experience of addiction of a family member. By telling the story of what happened in the mining towns Dalit also portrays her own story and the story of many other people effected by someone else’s addiction.
