Out There, Has It Been Seen?

Out There, Has It Been Seen? - Where mines close, visions of the future remain

This compelling documentary explores the quiet resilience of a community living in the shadow of an extinct mining industry. Once a bustling pyrite complex, the Mina de São Domingos is now a semi-abandoned heritage site, a scar of the past yet still a home for those who remain.

Through contemplative observation, the film captures how life continues amid ruins, raising questions about memory, survival, and identity.

At its heart is a provocative inquiry: is imagining a future essential to transforming the present? In juxtaposing desolation with utopian possibility, the film offers not only a portrait of a place but also a meditation on how communities reinvent themselves when their foundations collapse.