“Margaret’s Museum,” drama, 6 December 1997 (1995), video. Very nice little Canadian film with Helena Bonham Carter playing a rather wacky Cape Breton girl who marries an ex-miner. Still, it’s a tad soft in the pacing and writing, and much is never explained. Very much the story of the women/widows and children of the miners. Nicely acted and painful at the end. Death and accidents are daily features of the mines, after all. Interesting on class without ever saying the word. The union is there but seen as communist by some of these Catholic workers. Sad film. “The Price of Coal” exhibit at the Museum is a shocker as there isn’t sufficient setup for it in the movie.