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Misère au Borinage
Misère au Borinage
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MISÈRE AU BORINAGE

Directed by Joris Ivens, Henri Storck
Belgium, 1933
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

A social documentary describing the fate of some 15,000 miners in the Borinage, who in 1932 staged a strike in protest against the announcement by Belgian mine owners of a 5% cut in wages.

Synopsis

A social documentary describing the fate of some 15,000 miners in the Borinage, who in 1932 staged a strike in protest against the announcement by Belgian mine owners of a 5% cut in wages.