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Machines

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Machines

Released Aug 9, 2017

1h 11m

Documentary

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A portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

This is not an easy film to watch but it is an important one.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 8, 2018

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

The dissonance of colorful fabrics and clanking, hellish physical toil makes for a powerful portrait of dehumanized labor conditions in a globalized economy.

Sep 21, 2017

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

A bracingly physical documentary about the true cost of cheap labor.

Rated: B

Aug 11, 2017

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

An intimate look at the working conditions of one textile factory in India.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 12, 2024

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

The film doesn't only depict the everyday working conditions of the hundreds of manual laborers, but also captures it in a startlingly clear, beautiful imagery.

Jul 17, 2020

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

[Director Rahul] Jain has an eye for finding the glorious image amid the grind, sweat and steam, but this is balanced with interviews with workers and management about the reality of work there.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2018

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Audience Member

The way the camera lingers on details is fascinating. A straightforward portrait of an unseen segment of humanity. Stunningly visceral. Does being aware of their plight make us responsible? Whose fault is what?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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An hour inside an Indian textile factory. Interesting but gets old quick. I wish they had gone full circle. Show how everything ends up on sale in a luxury store somewhere.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

The dissonance of colorful fabrics and clanking, hellish physical toil makes for a powerful portrait of dehumanized labor conditions in a globalized economy. Rahul Jain's film conveys with revelatory force the mechanization of people in an industrialized milieu.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

An exhausting exploration of sweat shop culture. This film is not fun to watch, but certainly has a way of installing itself in your psyche. The sparse landscape of this image and sound based film will dig deep into your conscience and make it impossible to hand that "made in India" shirt to the checkout clerk without thinking twice

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

A portrait of daily life of the workers in an Indian textile factory, revealing its beauty as well as its shameful working conditions.

Director: Rahul Jain
Producer: Rahul Jain, Thanassis Karathanos, Iikka Vehkalahti
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Pallas Film
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 9, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.7K
Runtime: 1h 11m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos

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