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A photo strip depicting people of different ages, ethnicities and cultures
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"A beautifully shot and scored journey into a remote, forgotten world…. This is social documentary at its best.”
—The Los Angeles Times
Audience Award, Independent Lens
Fipresci Award for Best First Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Best International Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival
Best Documentary Filmmaker (Special Mention), Tribeca Film Festival
Best Documentary, Trento Mountain Film Festival
Humanitarian Award, Mexico City Film Festival
Silver Hugo, Best Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival
Best Documentary, Woodstock Film Festival


THE DEVIL'S MINER

by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkhani

Living in poverty with their mother in the mountains of Bolivia, 14-year-old Basilio and his 12-year-old brother, Bernardino, brave deadly conditions working long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines. THE DEVIL'S MINER follows the brothers into the underground mining tunnels where they tempt fate to earn money for school, all the while dreaming of a better life.

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