Rockland the Opera
In 1960, elderly Alfred Laakso leads visitors through Rockland and recalls the 1906 miners’ strike. The scenes follow miners’ lives, an underground fatality, union organizing and a strike that ends in gunfire, killing Puna-Pekka and later Kova Kivi. Alfred recounts the arrests, trials and release of the miners; Johanna leaves for Finland while William hopes to remain with her, and the opera returns to Alfred’s tour.