A Thousand Fires

A Thousand Fires

90 mins | Documentary | Aug. 6, 2021

Using their bare hands, married couple Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe draw oil from a pit they drilled themselves on the land next to their house. There are lots of these “artisanal” oilfields dotted around Myanmar, where people have swapped crop cultivation for selling the oil they pump from the ground by hand.

A Thousand Fires

90 mins | Documentary | Aug. 6, 2021

A Thousand Fires
Using their bare hands, married couple Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe draw oil from a pit they drilled themselves on the land next to their house. There are lots of these “artisanal” oilfields dotted around Myanmar, where people have swapped crop cultivation for selling the oil they pump from the ground by hand.
Producers Akka Films, Les Films du Balibari, BIND, Point du jour
Original title A Thousand Fires
Directors Saeed Taji Farouky
Writers Saeed Taji Farouky

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