11 Underground (2024)

11 Underground (2024) - Documentary Movies 86 minutes. . In 1984, eleven miners entrenched themselves underground to protest for better working conditions in the mining village of Almaden in southern Spain. The strike, deep within the toxic mercury mine, lasted for eleven long days, during which the whole village showed its solidarity with the men protesting underground. The mine was the heart of Almaden, around which everything revolved – until it longer existed. The mercury mine was closed for good at the beginning of the 21st century. As a consequence, the area has experienced mass unemployment and slow decline. unemployment, economic crisis, working conditions, miners strike, mine worker, observational documentary, economic struggle, rural spain