Machines

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Machines

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

Feb 8, 2018

3.5/4

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

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Sep 21, 2017

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

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David Ehrlich

IndieWire

Aug 11, 2017

B

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

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Diana Tuova

Spotlight on Film

Jul 12, 2024

4/5

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

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Jul 17, 2020

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.

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

Aug 22, 2018

3/5

[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.

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David K

@RT64421682 May 11, 2021

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?

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Aug 7, 2018

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.

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Jan 16, 2018

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.

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Jan 26, 2017

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

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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, IV Films
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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