MISÈRE AU BORINAGE Clip by Henri Storck (1933)

from the DVD/Blu-ray edition HENRI STORCK: MISÈRE AU BORINAGE - THE SOCIAL FILMS An early, somber examination of human despair. A visiting doctor notes that due to the inhumane living conditions of striking families the mental ability of children is as lamentable as their physical disability. A 6-year-old child fails the basic test of separating white buttons from black buttons. DVD/Blu-ray edition brings together Storck's Social Films, including the 1933 title work co-directed with Joris Ivens, which has become a classic of the "cinema of reality", with which Storck was most closely associated.