The dark corridors of the mine claim the lives of the innocents who are willing to risk everything for the silver ore.

A brilliant yet harrowing documentary about the victims of neo-capitalism, Silver takes viewers on a journey to the heart of Bolivia, beneath the mountain of Cerro Rico, which has been claiming lives for centuries. In a place where the earth trembles with the strikes of pickaxes, Natalia Koniarz portrays the brutal reality of people living in the shadow of the silver mine.

The film’s three main characters — a boy, a woman, and an old miner — guide us through a world where child labour is the norm and the line between survival and death is blurred by the clouds of smoke.