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When the Bull Cried (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 7M

Director : Bart Goossens, Karen Vasquez Guadarrama

Synopsis

Danger, toil, and superstition pervade life in a mining town high up in the Bolivian mountains. Tin is the heartbeat of the community providing jobs and livelihoods - but at considerable cost. With deaths commonplace, people make offerings to El Tio, the devil under the earth, for protection and good fortune. But when the mountain's flow of tin ebbs, further measures must be taken...

Actors

Crews

Bart Goossens
Bart Goossens
Director
Tom Denoyette
Tom Denoyette
Editor
Bram Bosteels
Bram Bosteels
Original Music Composer
Tomas Leyers
Tomas Leyers
Producer
Marc Goyens
Marc Goyens
Producer
Dries Martin
Dries Martin
Associate Producer
Gedeon Depauw
Gedeon Depauw
Sound
Bart Goossens
Bart Goossens
Sound Recordist
Matthias Hillegeer
Matthias Hillegeer
Sound
Xavier Dockx
Xavier Dockx
Colorist
Jérôme Bartholomeus
Jérôme Bartholomeus
Digital Intermediate
Amira Daoudi
Amira Daoudi
Graphic Designer
Zdenka Orzag
Zdenka Orzag
Producer
Bart Goossens
Bart Goossens
Writer
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Director
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Cinematography
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Karen Vasquez Guadarrama
Writer

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