(A Thousand Fires)

Content: Using their bare hands, married couple Htwe Tin and Thein Shwe draw oil from a pit they drilled themselves on the land next to their house. There are lots of these “artisanal” oilfields dotted around Myanmar, where people have swapped crop cultivation for selling the oil they pump from the ground by hand.

Countries:

France,

Netherlands,

Palestinian Territory,

Switzerland

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

2021

Directors:

Saeed Taji Farouky

Production companies:

Point du Jour,

Les Films du Balibari,

Akka Films,

BIND

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Producer

Editor

Co-Producer