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
Forest
6.6
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
Documentary, Music
8.7
Meendum Kokila
Drama
6.0
You Got to Move
Documentary
7.0
La belle de Cadix
Romance
5.4
Kandha Kadamba Kathir Vela
Drama
7.0
B-ROLL with Andre
5.0
The Dark Side of the Rainbow
Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Music
8.0
The Railway of Death
Drama, Western
5.0
Fiha Tralala: Colourful World
Family, Music
7.0
Fight club camp kusse
8.4
Haunting Gratitude
Comedy
4.0
Hunting Housewives
Drama, TV Movie
4.2
Left Thumb Signature
Drama
5.5
Docks of San Francisco
Crime, Drama
4.5
Meet Me Tonight
Comedy
6.7
World of Tomorrow
Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
7.8
Grin and Share It
Animation, Comedy
6.4
Payada pa' Satán
Animation, Drama
0.0
Early Man
Family, Comedy, Animation, Adventure
6.1
Uranium Drive-In
Documentary
0.0
Westray
Documentary
0.0
Where the Green Ants Dream
Drama
6.9
Thacker Pass: Mining The Sacred
Documentary
0.0
Grängesberg
Documentary
0.0
The Inner Voice
Drama
0.0
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
3.7
Paint Your Wagon
Comedy, Western, Music
6.4
Moon Zero Two
Science Fiction
5.0
500 Years
Documentary
5.9
Below the Earth's Surface
Action, Thriller
5.6
The Heart of the Earth
Drama
5.3
Outland
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
6.4
River of Gold
Documentary
0.0
Woman of the North Country
Drama, Western
4.5
Ghosts of Mars
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
5.1