Horse of Mud (1971)

Original title

Husan al-Tin

Directed by

Attiyat Al-Abnudi

Genre

documentary

Country

Egypt

Runtime

12 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short black and white documentary follows women working in a mud-brick factory in Egypt. It captures their daily labor and lives without commentary.

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What happens

Horse of Mud / Husan al-Tin / Cheval de Boue (1971) was the first film by Egyptian documentary filmmaker Ateyyat El Abnoudy. A short black and white documentary depicting women in a mud-brick factory, the film won the Grand Prize at the 1972 Damascus Film Festival, and prizes at the 1973 Grenoble Film Festival and Mannheim International Film Week. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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