“To all those who have listened to me and seen what my life is like. With dirty hands, a sweaty face and green teeth, we stay miners right up until death separates us from this world.” - Eduardo Mamani, 22

Located in the Potosi mountains, in Bolivia, Cerro Rico is know as the highest and most dangerous silver mines in the world. Rumour has it that the mines have killed eight million men, either by accident or illness, over the past 500 years.

Eduardo, 22 years old, is the youngest boy of a miners’ family. Every day, he works as a driller assistant and goes 250 metres down looking for the precious mineral. Like every miner, he dreams of discovering the vein and making a fortune here.

At an altitude of 4,700 metres, in very deep tunnels with no ventilation and hardly any oxygen, the temperature can go as high as 35°C. Despite the poisonous dust and the risk of being buried alive by a tunnel collapse, the miners tirelessly dig the rock, in a suffocating atmosphere.

Proud of his miner’s destiny, Eduardo is ready to embrace the risky life of a Potosi worker, but also dreams of a better and a safer life, far from his daily reality.

Documentary: Hell’s Miners of Potosi
Directed by: Jean Queyrat
Production: ZED

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