DocumentaryWorking for hours at a stretch every day has left their fingers hurting and their bodies tired, but the women still manage to smile through it all and crack jokes together.Gaura in 'Miles Away'In swift actions reminiscent of childhood games, women fill mould after mould with dried up clay, push it out in a line, for hours under the sun in a brick kiln. Only, this is no game that they could leave when they get bored or mess up as children do. It is their livelihood, one they have come seeking from many miles away. In Meelon Dur (Miles Away), a documentary about the conditions of those migrating to the brick kilns in Uttar Pradesh, we see through the lives of three women how many in India live the vicious cycle of debts and migration. None of the three women – Ramsakhi, Keshkali, and Gaura – would have preferred to...
- 8/7/2023
- by Cris
- The News Minute
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