Burnt Bricks
This short documentary is an attempt to unveil the life and space of the people who work for brick kilns. Located along the Gangetic plains and banks, on the outskirts of the city called Patna in Bihar, India, one can only comprehend the vastness of this industry in person. With uncountable houses in existence and new ones made each day, the men and women work exemplarily to meet the demands. This film shows glances of the life and brick making processes in this industry.
Fire in the chamber where bricks burn with charcoals.
A mother washes the utensils near the drying bricks while her child scavenges food.
Well baked bricks are ready to be transported.
Men and horses work to and fro to transport the mud bricks from the stacked piles to the chamber.
A worker whose body is heavily covered in dirt while working.
Men who shovel out the charcoal from the truck.
A worker gets one plastic coin for carrying one round of bricks, usually 20 in number at a time.
A worker stands next to the holes where charcoals are put.
A group of children who gathered for a photograph.
A working mother with her children.
A little boy guarding a loose horse.
Stacks of mud bricks arranged in an order to dry in the sun.
Workers pulling out the baked bricks which are ready to use.
A worker arranges the baked bricks.
A crane digging the mud.
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