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In Search of the Riyal

In Search of the Riyal
NR 1 hr 26 minDocumentary
Nepal has rapidly become a pipeline of cheap labour for the Gulf in the last two decades Migration has emptied Nepals villages of its young men its farm fields tended by the elderly and women or left fallow This film is about young men who set out to escape their family woes and grinding poverty albeit at a high cost to earn wages of US5 to 7 a day in the alien and stultifying conditions of the Qatari desert Theirs is often a true test of resilience and luck The film shows a glimpse of gritty migrant conditions rarely permitted to be filmed by the Gulf states with its wellknown sensitivity to outside criticism of its labour policies and practices The stories of disillusionment and occasional transformation capture the essence of the Nepali migrant experience and the enormity of his journey
DirectorKesang Tseten

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Original Language:English