FILM REVIEW - Pit No. 8

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In the heart of Ukrainian coal-mining region everybody digs – retirees, unemployed miners and even the children. Years ago, the town's desperate residents decided to start mining illegally they excavate everywhere: in abandoned mines, under the basements of demolished buildings, in the neighborhood woods and leisure parks, as well as in their own vegetable gardens.
The story focuses on the Sikanov family, which has three children. Fifteen-year-old Yura, the grandson of once powerful Soviet plant dire
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Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, Belarus 2011: Special Jury Prize • Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011: Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award & The Nicholas School Environmental Award • Hot Docs Toronto 2011: Official Selection