{"id":4758,"date":"2012-04-30T02:19:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T06:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2014-05-26T23:45:24","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T03:45:24","slug":"film-where-heaven-meets-hell-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4758","title":{"rendered":"Film: Where Heaven Meets Hell (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Return to: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> \/ <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=635\">V to Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WhereHeavenMeetsHell.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4759\" title=\"WhereHeavenMeetsHell\" src=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/WhereHeavenMeetsHell.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Film: Very Good\/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Label: n\/a\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Documentary \/ HotDocs<\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Visually striking documentary on Indonesia&#8217;s sulfer miners.<\/p>\n<p>Special Features: n\/a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Review:<\/p>\n<p>Briefly showcased in the BBC documentary series <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/h\/3884_HumanPlanet2010.htm\">Human  Planet<\/a> <\/strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=2981\">M<\/a>] (2010) and  a known tourist draw for exotic travelers, the sulfur mines inside Indonesia\u2019s  active Kawah Ijen volcano resemble a beautifully hellish vision from some  inner-Earth novel where men hack out chunks of fresh sulfur deposits from nearby  fissures and pipes and carry them down precarious foot-carved trails to a  station for further processing.<\/p>\n<p>First-time director Sasha Friedlander chose a discretionary approach to film  four separate miners with shared backgrounds, eschewing narration and external  interviews which leave a few gaping factual holes (such as sulfur&#8217;s biological  repercussions on the miners&#8217; bodies), but the doc makes its impact through a  careful arrangement of stunning visuals and emotionally intimate moments with  the miners and their families. <strong>Where Heaven Meets Hell<\/strong> isn\u2019t a  drama about the environment; it\u2019s a plea for better working conditions and the  kind of basic human needs already mandatory in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2012 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>External References<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2042711\/\">IMDB <\/a>&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whereheavenmeetshell.com\/\">Official Website<\/a> &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotdocs.ca\/film\/title\/where_heaven_meets_hell\/9960\">HotDocs Entry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Return to<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\">Home <\/a>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=6\">Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?page_id=635\">V to Z<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to: Home \/\u00a0Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews \/ V to Z . Film: Very Good\/ DVD Transfer: n\/a\/ DVD Extras: n\/a Label: n\/a\/ Region: n\/a\u00a0\/\u00a0Released: n\/a Genre: Documentary \/ HotDocs Synopsis: Visually striking documentary on Indonesia&#8217;s sulfer miners. Special Features: n\/a . . 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