An intimate exchange between director Marianne Khory and her daughter Sara, also a filmmaker. As the two frame each other through conversation and film – Sara in the portrait mode of the iPhone generation, Marianne in a more traditional landscape format – they explore the lives and aspirations of four generations, focusing on the women […]
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Based on real events, Rubaiyat Hossain’s “Made in Bangladesh” delves into the ready-made garment industry and the working conditions of 80% of its sewing machines operators: women aged 18-30. After a fire breaks out at the factory where Shimu (Rikita Nandini Shimu) works, one seamstress remains trapped and dies. The accident inspires Shimu to unionise the […]
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