Made in Bangladesh
Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain
2019Feature95 minIndia
A young garment worker in Dhaka defies her bosses and her husband to form a union with her co-workers.
StatusAvailable to book
ReleaseJune 5, 2020
Runtime95 min
FormatsDCP · Digital file
On screens1 cinemas so far
Synopsis
Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union with her co-workers. Despite threats from the management and disapproval of her husband, Shimu is determined to go on. Together the women must fight and find a way.
The director
Rubaiyat Hossain
Rubaiyat Hossain is a Bangladeshi writer-director whose films centre women's lives in contemporary Bangladesh. Made in Bangladesh, about a garment worker who organizes a union, premiered at TIFF in 2019.
On screens
Already played at 1 cinema in Victoria.
