Asain Cinema Week: The Desert Eats Us (Nepalese) - JUE | Music + Art Festival 2014

When: 12 Mar, 2014 Wed 7:30pm
Where: Today Art Museum

When: 19 Mar, 2014 Wed 7:30pm
Where: Yuncai Cafe

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In recent years, fears of being caught in the crossfire between state security forces and Maoist insurgents and a failing economy compelled Nepalis to sell themselves as cheap labor in the Gulf. Their earnings sustain one out of every three households and their remittances prop up the country, but these come at a high cost.

This film provides a rare glimpse into the migrant experience in Qatar, where they outnumber natives by 3 to 1. Their struggle to endure long working hours in stultifying heat, the burden of loans and high expectations from home, and the upheaval that fractures their emotional wellbeing is overwhelming, and often unhinges the compass of their lives.

Duration: 68mins
Director: Kesand Lama
Language: Nepali with English subtitles

Host: split works

Today Art Museum
Free
Tel: 010-58760600
Add: Building 4, Pingod Community, No.32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

Yuncai Cafe
Free
Add: Inside Changshou Park 260 Changshou Lu, near Xikang Lu, Putuo District, Shanghai
Website: JUE | Music + Art Festival

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