The Fist

As Harun Farocki once wrote, “Whenever possible, films quickly moved away from factories. The ‘factory’ theme didn’t attract cinema, it repulsed it”. THE FIST breaks with this aversion and plunges us into the daily operation of a beer factory in Nigeria. Industrial, repetitive tasks are portrayed in 35mm with rigorous framings and naturalistic soundscapes. Instead of words of protest or obvious diagnosis, capitalism just continues undisturbed, made tangible in inescapable gestures and monotonous choreographies of humans and machines. After all, the inside of a factory is much like the world. (Victor Guimarães)

This film will be shown as part of the screening SHORT FILM PROGRAM 1: AND SO IT CAME ABOUT.