Machine Man

Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 00:15:00 In Bangladesh thousands of people perform machine-like repetitive manual work. Barefoot women collect coal. Boys produce 18,000 bricks a day. A man weighing fifty kilos moves hundred-kilo sacks. Children sort plastic bottles for twelve hours each day. Men di...

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Other Authors: Moral, Alfonso, Corella, Roser
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Bengali
Published: Moral, Alfonso ; Corella, Roser 2011
Spain
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:e1a55c2e-69aa-4e03-9549-02d7654f2b75
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Summary:Verzio9 FF Submission. Duration: 00:15:00 In Bangladesh thousands of people perform machine-like repetitive manual work. Barefoot women collect coal. Boys produce 18,000 bricks a day. A man weighing fifty kilos moves hundred-kilo sacks. Children sort plastic bottles for twelve hours each day. Men dismantle rusty wrecks in a polluted river. When they speak of the work that destroys their health, which in Europe would be considered inhumane, many say: "I feel like a machine." Despite the proliferation of modern machinery, this film captures people still performing back-breaking and dangerous work by hand.
Published:2011