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The Devil's Miner

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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.
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A visually arresting documentary that offers a powerful and unforgettable look into the silver mining industry and child labor.

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Richard Porton Chicago Reader The filmmakers are better at fashioning haunting images than offering hard-nosed analysis, yet they never sentimentalize their young protagonists' plight. Sep 29, 2017 Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times A mesmerizing documentary both exotic and sad. Rated: 3/4 May 19, 2006 Full Review Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times This is social documentary at its best. Rated: 5/5 Apr 28, 2006 Full Review Kam Williams San Francisco Bay View This documentary which exposes the twin evils of child labor and silver mining, is a most powerful expose' of an ongoing, mass-scale human tragedy. Rated: 4/4 Jun 16, 2007 Full Review Maria Garcia Film Journal International The flawless progress of this documentary lies in the filmmakers' unwavering fealty to their subjects. Mar 1, 2007 Full Review Luke Y. Thompson LYTRules.com A horror movie? Nope -- documentary. Though there is, I think, a good horror movie to be made here. Oct 25, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Well-made and very, very sad. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the saddest and most gut wrenching, eye opening Documentary I've ever seen. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member 3 out of 4 films in Rotten Tomatoes' 100 music and performing artys films list haven't had music or musicians as their subjects, but I'm not complaining. This was another good documentary. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member It's good, but we knew about most of this going in. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member If you prefer your documentaries make you cry and feel hopeless then this is for you! 800 kids work in mines that have claimed 8 million lives for about $3 a day and then die at 35 from the dust in their lungs. Bummer antidote to My Sweet 16 or Teen Cribs. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Hard to see children having to work at all, let along in such harsh conditions just to feed themselves and their families. Very very heartbreaking. I think if Adults and Children from developed countries saw this, they make think differently about how ridiculously easy we all have it and how spoiled we truly are. Really reminds one how blessed we really are! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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.
Director
Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani
Screenwriter
Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani
Production Co
Urban Landscapes Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Spanish
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 13, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$13.7K
Runtime
1h 25m