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Transmedia Digest. The Owl’s Legacy: Chris Marker’s 13-Part Search for Western Culture’s Foundations in Ancient Greece. Journey to the End of Coal | IDFA DocLab 2011. An educational webdocumentary that lets viewers investigate the world of Chinese coal miners who risk their lives in state-owned and private coal plants. 300 photographs and many hours of video and sound were used to create a striking immersive environment. There are some places in this world you may wish they never existed. Some places just like the dark lands of Shanxi, China. Not only is this place known for its alarmous pollution problems and corruption scandals but it is today’s most dangerous coal mining region in the whole world, killing more people every year than anywhere else totaled.

A scandalous situation half a million miners are facing there, often resigned to the fact they have no choice but to risk their life if they want to make a decent living. This story begins in Datong which is located just a couple hours away West from Beijing. Ultimately, you might discover China forbidden mines in which happens most of the accidents and interview its survirvors. Project details. Highrise. Gaza Sderot - Life in spite of everything.