Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani's documentary The Devil's Miner is so polished that it might pass for a scripted narrative feature, but that's not a bad thing.
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03/15/06
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The Devil's Miner (2006)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:23
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 17, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: "The Devil's Miner" is the story of 14 year-old Basilio Vargas and his 12 year-old brother Bernardino, as they work in the Bolivian silver mines of Cerro Rico, which date back to the sixteenth... [More]
Director: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani
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Reviews for The Devil's Miner
At times it feels as if not cameras but the audience has been transported to the high mountains of Potosi, Bolivia -- and not so much physically but somehow spiritually.
03/25/06
It's a testament to the filmmakers' subtle storytelling skill that we come to see these boys as heroes as well as victims.
05/11/06
A role-model of a boy with the great skill to articulate his impressive determination and plan for self-improvement.
04/28/06
A gruesome look at child labor in the Bolivian silver
02/16/06
This beautiful, terrible story is not easily forgotten.
03/22/06
Top CriticThe flawless progress of this documentary lies in the filmmakers' unwavering fealty to their subjects.
03/01/07
provokes genuine concern for their plight and a sense of overwhelming doom
03/09/06
While political and social context is kept to a minimum, the darkly poetic images they capture speak volumes about what the miners go through.
03/28/06
... visually beautiful, unforced essay on legacies of colonialism.
04/27/06
This is social documentary at its best.
04/28/06
Top CriticA horror movie? Nope -- documentary. Though there is, I think, a good horror movie to be made here.
10/25/06
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11/11/06
Though they're telling a story of potentially deadly child labor, filmmakers Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani never amp up the drama, wisely preferring a straightforward approach that respects the bleak reality of their subjects.
03/10/06
Guaranteed to leave you outraged at the way children -- and, for that matter, adults -- are exploited by mining companies.
03/17/06
Directors Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani go underground themselves to expose a form of near-slavery instituted by the Spanish conquistadors more than four centuries ago.
03/16/06
Top CriticPowerful study of child labor in Bolivia, as well as the role of indigenous beliefs in sustaining the community based on the nearly exhausted silver mines.
02/20/06
This documentary which exposes the twin evils of child labor and silver mining, is a most powerful expose' of an ongoing, mass-scale human tragedy.
06/16/07
It's a simple film with a direct message, but the glimpses of the surrounding social culture that has adapted to the horrors give (it) its identity.
05/18/06
A mesmerizing documentary both exotic and sad.
05/19/06
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