Watch THE DEVIL'S MINER on Global Voices on PBS WORLD

Posted on May 1, 2009
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. "A study in courage and harrowing portrait of a 14-year-old boy who works in a Bolivian silver mine, THE DEVIL'S MINER is an unforgettable journey through hell under the earth, where Satan is worshiped as king," Variety. Watch a preview below: THE DEVIL'S MINER airs Sunday, May 3 at 10:00 PM on Global Voices on PBS WORLD (check local listings).

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