The Golden Thread (2022)
★ 7.8 (3) · 91 min
Director: Nishtha Jain · woman
In the heyday of the jute industry, millions of people in Bengal made their living doing this laborious work, which has hardly changed since the industrial revolution. The 100-year-old machinery has been endlessly repaired. State aid kept this sustainable alternative to plastic going, but its future looks bleak.