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Hell's miners of Potosi.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mines and mineral resources--Bolivia.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- Miners--Bolivia.
- Miners.
- Miners--Health and hygiene--Bolivia.
- Miners--Safety measures.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (52 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Paris : ZED, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- At an altitude of 4,700 meters, Bolivian miners are disappearing everyday into the depths of the Potossi mountain. Poisoned by the dust, exhausted by hypoxia, and threatened by collapsing, they tirelessly dig the rock, in a suffocating atmosphere. Eduardo, a 22 years old boy, dreams of making a fortune here, and is ready to embrace the risky lives of the Potossi miners.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
- Recorded Bolivia 0000.
- OCLC:
- 849666921
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