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DEVIL'S GOLD

Alexander Sworik and Daniel Agre · Indonesia · Documentary · 4 min · ♥︎ 1.2K

Directed by Alexander Sworik · 2020

One of the hundreds of miners who climb Indonesia's Kawah Ijen volcano daily shares his story of carrying sulfur, the devil's gold, to support his family.

A striking glimpse of brutal, beautiful labor inside an active volcano crater.

Roughly 300 miners a day climb two miles up the Kawah Ijen mountain and then descend more than 900 yards in their search for “devil’s gold." This is one miner's story of hard work, courage, and suffering all in the name

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