Fireflies in the Abyss

2015· 92 min★ 7.0· Documentary, Drama

In the Jaintia Hills of Northeast India, boys and men descend into the abyss of the ‘rat-holes’ to scratch coal out of hard rock, with nothing more than a pickaxe and a head-torch. One of them is Suraj, an 11-year old boy.

Cast: Nishant Rai, Raj Rai, Suraj Subba

Director: Chandrasekhar Reddy