Mis.C3.A8re au Borinage Borinage



gallow frame of crachet in frameries (after renovation)


the area best known former coalmining industry. living conditions of miners featured in famous documentary film misère au borinage (1933) made henri storck , joris ivens.



it 1 of important references in documentary genre. in 1932, great strike paralysed coalmines of wallonia , response of employers , police had been merciless. throughout broader population ill-informed , largely indifferent. andré thirifays, pierre vermeylen , indignant young people involved in club de l écran, decided bear witness dire poverty using weapon, camera. aid of doctor , lawyer, little funding, hiding police supported whole population, shoot took place in difficult , exciting conditions. film hard, magnificent. has lost nothing of force, strong emotional impact of indignation , compassion. has left working class strongest images of history , struggles: evictions;thin-faced , absent-looking children packed in slum houses; procession portrait of karl marx; collecting of low grade coal on slagheaps @ dawn; begging miner etc. there shock of images placed side side: houses standing empty while homeless people sleep in street, near-famine conditions no aid, whereas big sums of money go construct church...









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