Documentary about the trade of ship breaking in Bangladesh, where every day some 20,000 people in a small port city risk their lives for two dollars.
Gach l脿, tha fichead m矛le duine ann an Chittagong, port beag ann an ceann a deas Bangladesh a' cur am beatha ann an cunnart airson d脿 dholair a-mh脿in. Tha iad a' toirt seann shoithichean bho air feadh an t-saoghail as a ch猫ile. Tha faisg air fichead luchd-obrach a' b脿sachadh ann an Chittagong gach bliadhna agus a dh' aindeoin 脿rainneachd-obrach chruaidh l脿n truailleadh agus gasaichean cunnartach, 's e gibhtean bho Dia a th' anns na soithichean. Tha Belal, a tha bliadhna thar fhichead agus a dh' fh脿g a dhachaigh bho chionn deich bliadhna, an neach-obrach sgileil Rufik a tha air c貌rr air deich thar fhichead bliadhna a chur seachad ann an Chittagong agus Ekramul, nach eil ach dusan bliadhna a dh' aois ag innse sgeulachd thiamhaidh mu am beatha.
Everyday some 20,000 people in Chittagong, a small port city of southern Bangladesh risk their lives for two dollars. They dismantle retired old ships from all over the world. An average of twenty workers die in Chittagong every year. Despite the harsh working environment full of contaminants and toxic gases, the ships are gifts from God. A twenty one-year old Belal who left home ten years ago, a skilled worker Rufik who has devoted all his thirty two years in Chittagong and a twelve-year young child laborer Ekramul tell a heart-breaking story of their lives with breathtaking views of the ship breaking yards.
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- Wed 4 Apr 2012 21:00
- Thu 5 Apr 2012 22:30