In the heyday of the jute industry, millions of people in Bengal made their living doing this laborious work, which has hardly changed since the industrial revolution. The 100-year-old machinery has been endlessly repaired. State aid kept this sustainable alternative to plastic going, but its future looks bleak.
In beautifully composed shots, Nishtha Jain (Gulabi Gang [2012], Lakshmi and Me [2007]) shows the last vestiges of the industry. She follows the entire production chain, from cutting and drying the reed along the river to weaving in two of the biggest mills in the area. Along endless rows of antique looms, the air thick with dusty fibers, workers carry out their routine work. Accidents and jammed machines are commonplace; workers’ faces reveal the exhaustion of a lifetime of labour.
Meanwhile, the union is fighting for a minimum wage equivalent to 250 US dollars a month. During their break, the workers speak out. “Nowadays nobody cares about quality, just more production,” says one. Not long afterwards, one of the mills closes its doors after more than a hundred years.

在萨达姆统治下的伊拉克，人们每天都在制裁下为生存而挣扎，九岁的赛义德必须运用自己的智慧去收集制作庆祝萨达姆・侯赛因总统生日的必备蛋糕所需的食材，否则就将面临牢狱之灾或死亡的后果。

A view inside the life of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, capturing her through five tumultuous years in power and beyond as she redefined leadership on the world stage.
Jacinda Ardern’s outlook is summarized by a quote from her childhood hero, Sir Ernest Shackleton: “Optimism is true moral courage.” She reluctantly took on what she called “the worst job in politics” and led with humanity, compassion, and common sense. Ardern guided her country through the pandemic by relying on science and risked her popularity by reforming gun laws and stepping down earlier than expected.
Co-directors Michelle Walshe and Lindsay Utz craft an intimate portrait of Ardern’s journey, featuring footage shot by her husband and classified audio interviews recorded while she was prime minister. As only the second head of state in the world to give birth in office, she faced relentless ridicule but left office saddened rather than hardened.
Prime Minister is much like Ardern herself: eloquent, compassionate, funny, and inspiring.

The third part of Simón’s trilogy that follows her last pair of features.
A “neorealist flamenco musical in the neighbourhood of La Mina, Barcelona” and the roots of the project are tied to family “since I discovered that my biological mother was passionate about flamenco, a great curiosity began to grow in me for this genre, because of its history and its exceptional capacity to connect directly with emotion.

2020年全球正集中抗疫之际，印度政府颁布新的农业法案，容许私营企业进入市场并囤积农产品，农民生计顿时备受威胁，一场大规模农民抗争活动一触即发。数十万民众走上新德里街头，高呼要求政府撤回条例。面对政府机关操控舆论，将维护基本利益的农民抗争抹黑为暴动，印度农民毫不退缩，持续抗争400日，誓要捍卫公义！Nishtha Jain素来关注印度劳工权益，前作《最后织人》讲述黄麻工厂工人的日常，今次与新晋纪录片导演Akash Basumatari合作，为这场历时超过一年的农民起义留下纪录。

当有两个男孩在尼泊尔的一个边境小镇上被绑架时，侦探警司普贾从加德满都被派来解决此案。但当她到达后，当地酝酿的政治动荡和暴力抗议让她偏离了调查轨道，她被迫寻求当地马德西女警官玛玛塔的帮助。通过搁置系统性的歧视，并克服日常的性别偏见，她们解决了这起案件——但这对她们个人而言又付出了怎样的代价呢？

1970年代左右，马萨诸塞州一处静谧角落，失业木匠转型为业余艺术品大盗的JB Mooney正筹备他的首次重大劫案。然而当精心策划的行动逐渐失控，这场冒险彻底颠覆了他的人生轨迹。