Machines

India/Germany/Finland, 2017. Director Rahul Jain. 71min.

Marrying stunning visuals with social advocacy, Rahul Jain's debut documentary takes audiences into the labyrinthine passages of an enormous textile factory in Gujarat, India. Jain's camera wanders freely between pulsating machines and bubbling vats of dye to create a moving portrait of the human laborers who toil away there for twelve hours a day creating fabric that will be used to create glamorous clothing. This political message is delivered amidst the unsettling beauty of the factory’s mechanical underworld and the colourful, billowing fabrics it produces. 

Past screenings

Wearing Time: Past, Present, Future, Dream – New York
Saturday 14 April 2018, 17:00 | Museum of the Moving Image
With panel including Jessamyn Hatcher and Francesca Granata.