Ekmek Parasi – Geld fürs Brot (1994)

Overview : The vege­ta­bles come from the garden behind the house, the fish comes out of a can, and money for bread is earned at the factory. It’s because of this money that they came here. Women from Turkey stand side-by-side with women form Meck­len­burg at the conveyor belt of a fish-proces­sing factory in Lübeck. Their hands are stained brown, the pungent smell of fish clings to them, and their arms and backs ache. If these jobs were done by men, machines would have been invented long ago to replace them. But female labour is cheap and the women do not complain. They have learned to work – and therein lies the source of their pride. (Source: https://www.artechock.de/film/text/filminfo/g/ge/gefubr.htm)

Release Date : January 1, 1994

Runtime : 104m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Berrakkarasu-Film

Countries : Germany

Keywords : factory worker, work, migration, workplace, fish factory, migrant worker, woman director, working women, german reunification, female team