The devil's miner
By:  a film by Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkan
Contributors: Vargas, Basilio.; Vargas, Bernardino.; Davidson, Kief; Ladkani, Richard.; Urban Landscapes Productions, Inc.; La Mita Loca Films.; First Run/Icarus Films.
Edition: Widescreen presentation.
Publisher: Urban Landscapes Productions, Inc.; [La Mita Loca Films]; First Run/Icarus Films [distributor]
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Los Angeles]; New York
Language: eng
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Vargas, Basilio.; Vargas, Bernardino.; Silver miners  --  Bolivia  --  Potosí  --  Social conditions.; Silver mines and mining  --  Bolivia  --  Potosí.; Indians of South America  --  Employment  --  Bolivia.; Indians of South America  --  Bolivia  --  Economic conditions.
Description: 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 (Potosí). Abandoning their Catholic beliefs, Cerro Rico miners believe that Satan, as represented by hundreds of statues constructed in the mines, determines whether they live or die there.
Notes: FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY.

Originally produced as a documentary film in 2005.

Cataloged from container.

Kief Davidson, film editor; Richard Ladkani, cinematographer.

Basilio Vargas, Bernardino Vargas.

DVD format; NTSC.

In Spanish with English subtitles.

Winner of Chicago Int'l Film Festival Best Documentary Silver Hugo Award; Hot Docs Film Festival FIPRESCI prize film critics award and Best Documentary Woodstock Film Festival.

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