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The Devil's Miner
Directed by
Richard Ladkani
,
Kief Davidson
Not Rated
2005
82m
Documentary
7.5
93%
85%
6.7
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'The Devil's Miner' tells the story of 14-year-old Basilio who worships the devil for protection while working in a Bolivian silver mine to support his family.
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Cast of The Devil's Miner
Basilio Vargas
Himself
Bernardo Vargas
Himself
Vanessa Vargas
Herself
Richard Ladkani
Director
Kief Davidson
Director
The Devil's Miner Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Richard Porton
The filmmakers are better at fashioning haunting images than offering hard-nosed analysis, yet they never sentimentalize their young protagonists' plight.
San Francisco Bay View
Kam Williams
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.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
The flawless progress of this documentary lies in the filmmakers' unwavering fealty to their subjects.
LYTRules.com
Luke Y. Thompson
A horror movie? Nope -- documentary. Though there is, I think, a good horror movie to be made here.
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
The film has a tendency to repeat itself, even within its short running time of 82 minutes, but is still able to express a sincere sorrow.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
A mesmerizing documentary both exotic and sad.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
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.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Rob Thomas
It's a testament to the filmmakers' subtle storytelling skill that we come to see these boys as heroes as well as victims.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
This is social documentary at its best.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
A role-model of a boy with the great skill to articulate his impressive determination and plan for self-improvement.
L.A. Weekly
Ernest Hardy
... visually beautiful, unforced essay on legacies of colonialism.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
While political and social context is kept to a minimum, the darkly poetic images they capture speak volumes about what the miners go through.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
This beautiful, terrible story is not easily forgotten.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Guaranteed to leave you outraged at the way children -- and, for that matter, adults -- are exploited by mining companies.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
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.
AV Club
Tasha Robinson
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.
Village Voice
A sobering day trip, more for its hints of a forgotten history of culture collision than its sensible but rote socioeconomic sympathies.
Variety
Deborah Young
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 worshipped as king.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
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.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A work of noble intentions that's aesthetically slight and low in contextual carbs and righteous indignation.
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