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Produced by:
Kief Davidson
Richard Ladkani
Directed by:
Kief Davidson
Richard Ladkani
Run Time (mins):
90:00 |
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 while working long shifts in the Cerro Rico silver mines to earn enough money to attend school. THE DEVIL'S MINER follows the brothers into the underground mining tunnels where they tempt fate to gain a better life. An INDEPENDENT LENS acquisition.
Co-presentation with LPB
Premiere: Global Voices, May 3, 2009 at 10 PM
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Fipresci Award for Best First Documentary, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (HotDocs)
[2005]
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Best International Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival
[2005]
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Best Documentary Filmmaker (Special Mention), Tribeca Film Festival
[2005]
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Best Documentary, Trento Film Festival
[2005]
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Humanitarian Award, Mexico City Film Festival
[2005]
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Silver Hugo, Best Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival
[2005]
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Award Nomination , International Documentary Association (IDA)
[2005]
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Audience Award, Independent Lens
[2006]
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