Director Armin Thalhammer spent six weeks with the Cruz family miners in the dark, life-threateningly dangerous silver mines of Cerro Rico in Bolivia. Thalhammer and his crew decided against the classical voice from the off-line or interviews with the family members. The use of experimental audio and highly aesthetic image aesthetics tears viewers from their comfort zone. CERRO RICO „shows the mining industry from its worst side. Not only in terms of the negative impact on the environment but also on the workers who are forced to work in the mines because it is literally the only way to earn their livelihood. "(Londonminingnetwork.org)
This impressive short-doc explores the secret of Bolivia's silver mountain, the Cerro Rico.
Director Armin Thalhammer spent six weeks with the Cruz family miners in the dark, life-threateningly dangerous silver mines of Cerro Rico in Bolivia.
Thalhammer and his crew decided against the classical voice from the off-line or interviews with the family members. The use of experimental audio and highly aesthetic image aesthetics tears viewers from their comfort zone.
CERRO RICO „shows the mining industry from its worst side. Not only in terms of the negative impact on the environment but also on the workers who are forced to work in the mines because it is literally the only way to earn their livelihood. "(Londonminingnetwork.org)