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April 19, 2005 by Infochangeindia
By Arshia Sattar Yasmine Kabir’s incredibly moving film looks at the plight of migrant workers who leave Bangladesh under economic pressure to find better-paying employment elsewhere. In 1995, more than 240,000 Bangladeshis left their homes in search of work. The film opens with black and white shots of the hundreds who throng the agencies that promise work in other countries. The men sit under signs that exhort them to remain honest and to make their country’s name “glorious” in the ...