Labour explotation

Since the outbreak of the war in Syria there are women refugees who have spent years working as day laborers in the Bekaa Valley under exploitative conditions. Her newborn daughters upon entering Lebanon also work in the fields to this day. Their future it's uncertain. They cannot prosper in Lebanon because it does not recognize them as nationals, nor their refugee status or protect their basic rights. They cannot return to Syria while there is war. "Aamelat. Day Laborers of War" exposes...

Nimble fingers belong to the Vietnamese women who work in factories owned by some of the most popular electronic brands. Bay is one of the thousands of young migrant workers. She comes from a remote Muong village on the highlands of Northern Vietnam.Now she lives, with the other workers, in a Hanoi suburb, a district developed around one of the biggest industrial production sites in the world. These workers’ life strictly follows the rules of the great Industrial Park of Than Long. Every...

Thousands of foreign workers support today the most known Italian excellence: agri-food production. A docu-musical shows their daily...

Diamonds and gold — vast natural resources that could enrich a nation — are a curse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Congolese people have suffered the largest death toll since the second world war. The conflict between warlords and armed rebels for control of these resources have plunged the citizens into a life of poverty, sexual violence, and war. Some 45,000 people die each month as a...