Overview
Henri Storck and Joris Ivens’ landmark of social documentary, blending staged scenes with locals and on-the-spot reportage to depict the 1932 miners’ strike in Belgium’s Borinage—evictions, hunger, and police repression—transforming outrage into a call for solidarity.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Belgium
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joris Ivens
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Henri StorckWriter
- Joris IvensWriter
- Original title
- Misère au Borinage
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 12, 1934
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- Belgium
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