City of the Sun (2017)

Up to 50 percent of the world’s manganese, a vital metal across the globe, used to be mined in Chiatura, in western Georgia. Today, it resembles an apocalyptic ghost town. Mzis qalaqi portrays a few of the remaining inhabitants. Music teacher Zurab dismantles ramshackle concrete buildings and sells the iron girders to make some money on the side. Archil still works in the mine but his real passion is the local amateur theatre group. Despite being malnourished, two young female athletes still train stoically for the next Olympic Games.

Released Feb. 10, 2017 104 min 12+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.astronomical-object-in-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.mining, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.2-39-1-scope

Watch Providers: OVID, True Story, Baeble Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Office of Film Architecture

Country: United States
Production Countries: Georgia, Netherlands, Qatar, United States
Languages: Georgian