Kawah Ijen, The Solitary Crater

  • Philip Mulroy
  • 2002
  • United Kingdom
  • 20 minutes
  • Indonesian
  • DR
    DR

In Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is an active volcano. It is also the site of intensive sulphur mining: there is no machinery, only a stream of hardy local labourers. A contemporary twist on the myth of Sisyphus, the film follows these miners on their gruelling journey’from crater to wage clerk’ to ultimately question the ritual of labour.

  • Production : National Film and Television School
  • Distribution : National Film and Television School
  • Editing : Simon Allmark
  • Sound : Jake Roberts
  • Photography : Andrew Johnson