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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
The Devil's Miner

Summary The Devil's Miner is the story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino, as they work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, which date back to the sixteenth century. Through the children's eyes, we encounter the world of devout Catholic miners who sever their ties with God upon entering the mountain. It ...

Directed By: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

Written By: Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m

The Devil's Miner

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Summary The Devil's Miner is the story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino, as they work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, which date back to the sixteenth century. Through the children's eyes, we encounter the world of devout Catholic miners who sever their ties with God upon entering the mountain. It ...

Directed By: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

Written By: Richard Ladkani, Kief Davidson

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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Universal Acclaim Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
15 minutes into it, you are spellbound, heartbroken and unaccountably cheered -- your faith and admiration in humanity restored.
By Carina Chocano FULL REVIEW
100
Basilio narrates his tale with such wit and wisdom that one comes away from the film wondering how much youthful potential is slowly being choked to death deep within the bowels of the earth.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
While political and social context is kept to a minimum, the darkly poetic images they capture speak volumes about what the miners go through.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
80
A powerful indictment of the horrendous treatment of children who toil in hellish Bolivian silver mines. The filmmakers are better at fashioning haunting images than offering hard-nosed analysis, yet they never sentimentalize their young protagonists' plight.
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75
It's a simple film with a direct message, but the glimpses of the surrounding social culture that has adapted to the horrors give this Third World "How Green Was My Valley" its identity.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
70
It’s the captured conversations about everyday lives and struggles that pin you to your seat.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
70
Perhaps little more than an object lesson in the end, the movie's nevertheless a sobering day trip, more for its hints of a forgotten history of culture collision than its sensible but rote socioeconomic sympathies.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Urban Landscapes Productions, Polar Star Films
Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The story of a child's survival
Website http://www.thedevilsminer.com/
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Awards

German Camera Award
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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