Shimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches for work.
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Rubaiyat Hossain, Philippe Barrière (co-writer)
Yet another female organizing a union in male managed dominated abuse factory (NORMA RAE, THE COUNTY) but set in the little seen city of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The unfamiliar setting and authenticity of the somewhat simple look at poverty and abuse allow Hossain’s film to stand on its own without the usual cheap theatrics or Hollywood cliches.
After a fire in a cramped garment factory takes the life of a co-worker a 26-year old begins the difficult task of starting a union facing threats from…
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