The Devil's Miner is a 2005 documentary film directed by independent film directors Kief Davidson and . The film follows a fourteen-year-old Bolivian boy named who along with his twelve-year-old brother Bernardino work in the mines near the city of Potosí. The film includes many subtle realities of the miner's lives such as the need to chew coca leaves to numb the pain of hunger and the long shifts they work regardless of age. The film made its world premier at the Rotterdam film festival and its U.S. debut at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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| - La mina del diablo (2005) es una película documental dirigida por los directores de cine independiente Kief Davidson y Richard Ladkani. Este documental sigue a un niño boliviano de catorce años llamado Basilio Vargas que, junto con su hermano Bernardino de doce años, trabaja en las minas cerca de la ciudad de Potosí. Estos hermanos se ven en la necesidad de trabajar en la mina para ser el sostén familiar, y alternan escuela y trabajo. (es)
- The Devil's Miner is a 2005 documentary film directed by independent film directors Kief Davidson and . The film follows a fourteen-year-old Bolivian boy named who along with his twelve-year-old brother Bernardino work in the mines near the city of Potosí. The film includes many subtle realities of the miner's lives such as the need to chew coca leaves to numb the pain of hunger and the long shifts they work regardless of age. The film made its world premier at the Rotterdam film festival and its U.S. debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. (en)
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| - Promotional poster for The Devils Miner (en)
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| - La mina del diablo (2005) es una película documental dirigida por los directores de cine independiente Kief Davidson y Richard Ladkani. Este documental sigue a un niño boliviano de catorce años llamado Basilio Vargas que, junto con su hermano Bernardino de doce años, trabaja en las minas cerca de la ciudad de Potosí. Estos hermanos se ven en la necesidad de trabajar en la mina para ser el sostén familiar, y alternan escuela y trabajo. La película incluye muchos detalles de la vida de los mineros, como la necesidad de acullicar hojas de coca para apaciguar el dolor del hambre o los largos turnos que trabajan sin importar la edad. El documental tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Róterdam y su debut en Estados Unidos en el Festival de Cine de Tribeca. (es)
- The Devil's Miner is a 2005 documentary film directed by independent film directors Kief Davidson and . The film follows a fourteen-year-old Bolivian boy named who along with his twelve-year-old brother Bernardino work in the mines near the city of Potosí. The film includes many subtle realities of the miner's lives such as the need to chew coca leaves to numb the pain of hunger and the long shifts they work regardless of age. The film made its world premier at the Rotterdam film festival and its U.S. debut at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film concentrates on the concerns of local workers who have fear of what they call “Tio” or devil. In the film, an elder miner claims that over 8 million people have died in the unsafe mines. The workers believe this is because “Tio” controls the mine and that Christ has no power in the mine. The workers often give offerings such as coca leaves, alcohol, cigarettes and perform sacrifices, such as slaughtering a llama and applying its blood to the mine entrance to appease a makeshift statue of "Tio". Each mine has its own Tio which all of the workers pray to upon entering so that they may find a good vein of silver and so that they may be granted protection from explosions, toxic gas, silicosis, and falling rocks. The local Catholic priest is unable to tame these fears of “Tio” although the workers often pray at the church before entering the mine, upon observing the miners attending Mass, the local priest said that when he looked into the face of the miners he "saw Christ dying". The irony which is upon these people is one of great sorrow. They worship both God and the Devil, Light and Dark, The God of the world, and the god of the earthen mine below. As of 2014, Basilio is studying tourism, working in the mines three nights a week, and working as a tour guide in the mines. Bernardino, now married, still works in the mines full-time whilst studying in the evenings. The boys no longer live on the mountain, however their mother remains in the same house. (en)
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