A Thousand Fires
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.
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A Thousand Fires
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Status
Released
Release Date
Aug 6, 2021
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
77%
Original Title
A Thousand Fires
Production Companies
Point du Jour, Les Films du Balibari, Akka Films, BIND
Director
Saeed Taji Farouky
Description
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.
