MADE IN BANGLADESH National Virtual Release starts August 28, 2020
MADE IN BANGLADESH
A textile worker fights for employee rights after a co-worker is killed in a fire at her factory.
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.
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"As a look behind that T-shirt you just bought on sale for $9.99 at The Gap, and the human labor, sweat and suffering that went into it, this... definitely deserves wider attention." ~ Hollywood Reporter
"With Made in Bangladesh, Hossain has crafted an urgent cry for workers' rights, and a vision of feminist solidarity in the face of overwhelming opposition." ~ Cinema Scope
Directed by Rubaiyat Hossain, Bangladesh/France/Denmark/Portugal , 2019, 95min, social drama, English & Bengali w/English subtitles
* Toronto Intl Film Festival - Contemporary World Cinema
* Winner - Public Award for the Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color - ADIFF 2019
* London BFI
* Stockholm International Film Festival - Competition Films from the South
* Locarno film festival
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#ADIFFSummerFestival
In 2020, due to COVID19, the African Diaspora International Film Festival had its first Summer Virtual Film Festival.
Enjoy the live streamed conversation featuring MADE IN BANGLADESH director Rubaiyat Hossain, Advocacy Officer with Freedom United Herrana Addisu, and Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch's women's rights division Nisha Varia. The conversation was moderated by African Diaspora International Film Festival Co-Founder and Co-Director Diarah N'Daw-Spech.
Meet Rubaiyat Hossain
Rubaiyat Hossain is a filmmaker, writer and interdisciplinary researcher. She has completed her B. A. in Women Studies from Smith College, USA and M. A. in South Asian Studies from University of Pennsylvania, USA. Her primary fields of interest are Sufism, Bengali nationalism, formation of Bengali modernity and its correlation with female sexuality. Rubaiyat Hossain has worked for prominent women’s rights NGOs in Bangladesh such as Ain O Shalish Kendra and Naripokkho. She has worked as a part time lecturer in the department of Economics and Social Sciences at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2006.
