The devil's miner, A First Run Features presentation ; an Urban Landscapes and La Mita Loca Film production in association with Provobis Film, Latino Public Broadcasting ; a film by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani ; produced and directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
Type
Label
The devil's miner, A First Run Features presentation ; an Urban Landscapes and La Mita Loca Film production in association with Provobis Film, Latino Public Broadcasting ; a film by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani ; produced and directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
Language
spa
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
The devil's miner
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
85873679
Responsibility statement
A First Run Features presentation ; an Urban Landscapes and La Mita Loca Film production in association with Provobis Film, Latino Public Broadcasting ; a film by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani ; produced and directed by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani
Runtime
82
Series statement
Human Rights Watch Selects
Summary
The story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino who work in the ancient Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico (Potosí). Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there
Table Of Contents
Special features: Short film: One year later (ca. 9 min.) -- About the film [text feature] -- Original theatrical trailer -- Film in context: The Devil's miner [Human Rights Watch film notes] -- International Labor Organization (ILO) study guide [pdf document]
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Silver miners -- Bolivia -- Potosí -- Social conditions
- Child labor -- Bolivia -- Potosí
- Feature films
- Indians of South America + Employment -- Bolivia
- Potosí (Bolivia) -- Social conditions
- Silver mines and mining -- Bolivia -- Potosí
- Vargas, Basilio
- Indians of South America -- Bolivia -- Economic conditions
- Vargas, Bernardino
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor9
- Genre3
- Subject11
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Silver miners -- Bolivia -- Potosí -- Social conditions
- Child labor -- Bolivia -- Potosí
- Feature films
- Indians of South America + Employment -- Bolivia
- Potosí (Bolivia) -- Social conditions
- Silver mines and mining -- Bolivia -- Potosí
- Vargas, Basilio
- Indians of South America -- Bolivia -- Economic conditions
- Vargas, Bernardino
- Director2
- Producer2
- Mapped to1