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Borinage

Borinage

1934 · documentary · movie

Henri Storck and Joris Ivens’ landmark of social documentary, blending staged scenes with locals and on-the-spot reportage to depict the 1932 miners’ strike in Belgium’s Borinage—evictions, hunger, and police repression—transforming outrage into a call for solidarity.

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director

Henri Storck, Joris Ivens

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genres

documentary

original title

Misère au Borinage