From the Depths

From the Depths

2013 · 73 min · ★ 6.1 · Documentary, Drama

Both an activist and a documentarian, Valentina Pedicini also brings her background in anthropology to this impressively captured, claustrophobic nonfiction feature. Venturing beneath sea level, From the Depths profiles the lone woman at work in the last coal mine in Sardinia, Italy.

Directed by Valentina Pedicini · Written by Valentina Pedicini

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