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Films
found one film
Keywords
“Labour”
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Directors
“Lwin, Kyaw Myo”
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Year of production
“2013”
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short films
1
Region
South-East Asia
1
Country
Myanmar
1
Keywords
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Labour
1
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Material Culture
1
Directors
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
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Series
Yangon Film School
1
Country of production
Myanmar
1
Year of production
2013
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Film
Tyres
2013
30
‘
Directed by
Kyaw Myo Lwin
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A recycling workshop in South Okkalapa in Myanmar’s former capital of Yangon is a place where discarded tyres are transformed from their original shape and use, and are re-purposed to new uses. Filmed almost entirely in black-and-white, this observational documentary gently explores a community of tyre cutters and recyclers. They are young and old, male and female, and they create buckets, brushes and slippers with their sharp blades, careful eyes and skilful strokes. From time to time, between movements, snatched conversation and song, something lyrical, even philosophical emerges, and we are gently reminded of how every death gives way to a birth.
South-East Asia
Material Culture
Labour
Infrastructure / Transport