Eisenfresser (Ironeaters) (85 mins)

Bangladesh, 2007, directed by Shaheen Dill-Riaz

Winner of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film at Film South Asia ’07

The annual famine in northern Bangladesh forces two farmers, Kholil and Gadu, along with several of their relatives, to leave their homes and go to work as seasonal labourers in the ship-breaking yards far to the south. Here, on the beaches of Chittagong, they dismantle the discards of the Western world: decrepit oil tankers and enormous container ships, many of which harbour a vast range of perils, toxic and otherwise. These yards also capture their workers, as the seasonal workers who do the most dangerous work are also forced into an endless cycle of debt.

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http://www.eudelbangladesh.org/en/about_us/ambassador_speech/Speech%20Iron%20Eaters_15_2_08.doc

http://www.telepool.de/flyers/30124acd-6c04-46f8-a42e-6e00114a3990.pdf