6TH ANNIVERSARY OF RANA PLAZA TRAGEDY
Testimony of a Thread to be screened tomorrow
DL Desk, Dhaka
Marking the sixth anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy (24 April, 2013), a special screening of young filmmaker Kamar Ahmad Simons documentary film titled Testimony of a Thread will take place tomorrow at 6pm at Goethe-Institut auditorium in the capitals Dhanmondi area.
Goethe-Institut Bangladesh is organising the film screening in the month of April every year, after its making so far, after the tragedy.
In a globalising world, seeking more and more cheaper labour every day, Bangladesh became one of the leading producers in the world clothing industry. In only four decades, it became a 25 Billion US$ export industry, directly engaging 4 million workers, mostly women and now targeting to double it by 2021 with 50 Billion US$ export! Testimony of a Thread explores the connecting worlds of hope and despair around this industry lately marked for man-made catastrophes like Savar Building Tragedy (2013), considered as the deadliest garment-factory accident in history and deadliest accidental structural failure in modern human history.
Following the screening, the QA session with the director will also be held which will be moderated by renowned writer Sumon Rahman.
The screening is free of cost and open to all.
Where: House 10, Road 9 (new), Dhanmondi R/A
When: 6pm, tomorrow
