Good Luck

Ben Russell
Part of

55th New York Film Festival

September 29 - October 15, 2017

Ben Russell takes us deep into the unforgiving copper mines of Serbia. When we emerge, we’re thousands of miles away, amongst an illegal band of gold miners in the Suriname jungle.

DIRECTOR
Ben Russell
YEAR
2017
COUNTRY
France / Germany
RUNTIME
143 minutes

Q&As with Ben Russell following both screenings

In his first solo feature in eight years, Ben Russell takes us deep into the unforgiving copper mines of Serbia. When we emerge, we’re thousands of miles away, amongst an illegal band of gold miners in the Suriname jungle. The physical demands of labor, as well as the transformative power of music, connect these communities, each equally fortified by the realities of capital and a spirit of masculine camaraderie.

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