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201430 minPGdocumentary

Undermining

201430 minPGdocumentary

A mining town in northernmost Sweden faces gradual dismantling as its community disappears into a hole, paralleling a son's loss of his father to alcoholism.

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Gustav Hillbom,

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A mining town in northernmost Sweden faces gradual dismantling as its community disappears into a hole, paralleling a son's loss of his father to alcoholism.

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Gustav Hillbomdirector

Erik Viklunddirector

Gustav Hillbomwriter

Erik Viklundwriter

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Gustav Hillbom returns to Malmberget, a mining town in northernmost Sweden, facing a dual loss. He deals with his father's death due to alcoholism while observing the town's slow destruction from mining operations. As the community crumbles, Hillbom questions the relationship between personal grief and collective suffering. The film runs for 30 minutes and was released in 2014.

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