Underplayed Gems

The Color of Gold (1992)

The Color of Gold poster
Genre
documentary film
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How it feels

This documentary follows Basotho miners who leave Lesotho to work in South African gold mines. They endure harsh living conditions and long separations from their families.

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What happens

The Color of Gold est un film documentaire sud-africain réalisé par Don Edkins en 1992. Il évoque la vie des mineurs basotho qui quittent le Lesotho pour aller travailler dans les mines d'Afrique du Sud, placés dans des conditions de vie difficiles et coupés de leurs familles. Deux ans plus tôt, le même réalisateur avait consacré un documentaire, Goldwidows: Women in Lesotho, au quotidien des épouses de ces mineurs restées au Lesotho. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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