FIREFLIES IN THE ABYSS

By Chandrasekhar REDDY

GALLOPING ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, World

Social issues - Completed 2015

Even with all the odds stacked against him, an 11-year-old boy fights his way out of a life in the ‘rathole’ coal mines, to educate himself.

Festivals
& Awards

Doco Kerala 2015
Winner Best Long Documentary
Mumbai Int'l Film Festival 2015
Winner Best Film
Hot Docs 2015
Official Selection
Busan Int'l Film Festival 2015
Official Selection
Mumbai Int'l Festival 2016
Winner Best Cinematography
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Social issues, Documentary
    • Countries
    • INDIA
    • Languages
    • HINDI, NEPALI
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 56 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Chandrasekhar REDDY
    • Producer(s)
    • Chandrasekhar REDDY
    • Synopsis
    • The ‘rat-hole’ mines in the Jaintia Hills of NorthEast India, are hostile pits where men and boys risk their lives every day to scratch coal out of hard rock. Burrowing into narrow tunnels, they are armed with nothing more than a pickaxe and a torch. Each of them comes to the coal-pit forced by different circumstances; but once there, they’re all looking for a chance to breakout. Some are able to escape, most don’t. With the odds stacked against him, 11-year old Suraj, toils in the dangerous mines with an indomitable spirit and a stubborn smile, hoping to one day escape the dark abyss and return to school.