dschank

24May12

a cross between the encouraging crop of atmospheric docs in the 21st century (like "iraq in fragments") and the realist expose novels of the 19th century (like "germinal"). balances a number of paradoxes remarkably well - between dignity and exploitation, between beauty and abjection, between progress and tradition. the focus is on the actual labor - its dangers, rhythms and meanings. beware of graphic animal deaths!