Workingman’s Death: Now Available on DVD
December 22nd, 2008 | by Alive Mind | Published in Films, Society, Workingman's Death | 1 Comment
WORKINGMAN’S DEATH is an unflinching portrait of the state of manual labor in the 21st century. In the Ukraine, a group of men spend long days crawling through cramped shafts of illegal coal mines. Sulfur gatherers in Indonesia brave the smoky heat of an active volcano and the treacherous trip back down. Blood, fire and stench are routine for workers at a crowded open-air slaughterhouse in Nigeria. Pakistani men use little more than their bare hands to dismantle an abandoned oil tanker for scrap metal. Steelworkers in China fear they could be a dying breed.
Today’s manual laborers are no longer celebrated with hymns of praise. WORKINGMAN’S DEATH provides a rare glimpse into the harsh treatment faced by manual laborers working half a world away.
“…the structure and tone of an epic historical poem…visually impressive…”
-The New York Times
“Astonishingly powerful documentary about really, really hard work.”
-Hollywood Reporter
“Essential viewing, this committed work restores worth and value
to those who, unseen and unheard, literally create our world.”
- TimeOut
| Workingman’s Death DVD | |
| Price: | $29.98 |
| Item: | ALV-DV-9 |
| Availability: | USA & Canada |
| Running Time: | 122 minutes |
| Technical Aspects: | Dolby Digital, 16:9, NTSC Region 0 |
| Language: | English, German, Russian, Mandarin, with English Subtitles |
| Copyright: | © 2005 Lotus-Film / Quinte Film / Arte. All rights reserved. |
