A journey into the mines provides a visual representation of a journey into the conscience of Kentridge's invented character, Soho Eckstein, the white South African property owner who exploits the resources of land and black human labour which are under his domain. Throughout the film the imagery shifts between the geological landscape underground inhabited by innumerable black miners and Soho's world of white luxury above ground. When Soho, breakfasting in bed, pushes down the plunger of his cafetière, its movement is transformed into a rapid descent through the tray, through the bed and into the mine-shaft. Here the miners' world of overwhelming misery is depicted in claustrophobic tunnels where they are trapped digging, drilling and sleeping, embedded in rock. Above ground, Soho sits at his desk in his customary pin-stripe suit and punches adding machines and cash registers, creating a flow of gold bars, exhausted miners, blasted landscapes and blocks of uniform housing.
Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old
Drama, Animation
6.8
My Friends Act II
Comedy
7.6
My Friends Act III
Comedy
6.4
Stop-and-Cop Interactive
Action
8.5
American Pie: Revealed
Documentary, Comedy
6.0
Love and Death
Comedy
7.5
Flow
Drama
9.3
Pusher II
Crime, Drama, Action
7.2
Skypemare
Horror
8.1
A Little Fact
Documentary
7.2
How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends
Comedy, Adventure, War
7.6
Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho
Animation
8.9
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
Documentary, TV Movie
7.2
(NULL)
Drama
8.1
Strange Darling
Crime, Horror, Thriller
6.9
Mantovani, the King of Strings
Music, Documentary
6.0
The Color of Money
Drama
6.9
Werewolves
Action, Horror, Thriller
6.1
Consequences
Drama, Crime
6.2
Lola's Secret
Drama, Comedy
7.1
World of Tomorrow
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
7.8
Early Man
Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure
6.1
Grin and Share It
Animation, Comedy
6.4
Payada pa' Satán
Animation, Drama
0.0
Schröders wunderbare Welt
Comedy
3.5
Below the Earth's Surface
Action, Thriller
5.6
The Inner Voice
Drama
0.0
Woman of the North Country
Drama, Western
4.5
Der lange Abschied von der Kohle
Documentary
0.0
Battlefield Earth
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.3
River of Gold
Documentary
0.0
Ghosts of Mars
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
5.1
The Heart of the Earth
Drama
5.3
The Stolen Ore
Western
0.0
Outland
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
6.4
The Whistleblower
Action, Crime, Mystery
6.3
Paint Your Wagon
Comedy, Western, Music
6.4
Where the Green Ants Dream
Drama
6.9
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.7
Das Wunder von Lengede
Drama
5.8