2019 · drama · labour · women
Made in Bangladesh
Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain1h 35m2019
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way to register their union.
Our read: Made in Bangladesh (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · labour · women entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / labour, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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