DOC-DEBUT: Pit No. 8
This documentary film profiles fifteen-year-old Yura and his sisters who escaped their alcoholic parents. However, to pay the bills he must mine for coal in abandoned pits near his Ukrainian hometown.
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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 director, puts his dreams on hold in an emotionally riveting struggle to provide for his sisters the only way possible: illegally, and perilously, mining the remaining scraps in a once-thriving Ukrainian coal town.
About Doc-Debut
This film originally aired as part of Doc-Debut, a series on Link TV highlighting unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the US television premiere of a new foreign doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.
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