Project Detail

Karachi Stories: Graveyard For Giants

Synopsis

Workers of the size of ants next to the ships they are dismantling risk their life to scrap a living.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 minutes
Director
Madeeha Syed
Producer
Anne Milne, Noe Mendelle
Editor
Faizan Suleman
Director of Photography
Syed Hasan Haider
Sound
Tazeen Bari

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Scottish Documentary Institute

Contact: Agata Jagodzinska
E: agata@scotdoc.com
T: +44 0131 651 5761

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