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Machines

Play trailer 1:34 Poster for Machines Released Aug 9, 2017 1h 11m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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