The Devil's Miner (2005)
- 9.3
- 85 mins
- Documentary
Storyline
Filmmakers Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani profile Basilio, a 14-year-old Bolivian who supports his family by working in a silver mine. Like his fellow workers, the boy looks to Satan for protection from the daily hazards he encounters in the bowels of the Earth.
Plot Keywords
teen boy, miner, coworker, townsperson, fascinating, bleak, bolivia, mine, mining, religion, demon worship, child labor, dangerous job, discovery, growing up, sacrifice, 2000s
Short Review
The filmmakers are better at fashioning haunting images than offering hard-nosed analysis, yet they never sentimentalize their young protagonists' plight.
Trailer
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