Backdrop for Borinage
Poster for Borinage

Borinage

(1934)

June 12, 1934 0h 36m
63%
TMDB Score

Overview

Henri Storck and Joris Ivens’ landmark of social documentary, blending staged scenes with locals and on-the-spot reportage to depict the 1932 miners’ strike in Belgium’s Borinage—evictions, hunger, and police repression—transforming outrage into a call for solidarity.

Henri Storck

Director