New Rana Plaza documentary - a must watch
Jane Deith
A year has passed since the collapse of the Rana Plaza clothing factory building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
I went to the factory site in August last year for File on 4, and saw for myself the dust and debris, the cheap jeans hanging from rusty wire, the men and women who come every day clutching laminated information sheets about their missing sons, daughters, wives and husbands.
This week a new documentary about the disaster was broadcast on BBC 2.
This World: Clothes to die for
Many documentaries have been before, but this one benefits from the time taken to think about why the building came down. It's about the structures of Bangladeshi politics and business, as well as the woeful structure of the building.
The workers' accounts of how they survived while trapped in the wrecked building are just shocking. Some had to drink their blood, I won't say how - watch the film.
My own radio documentary asked whether the promised factory safety improvements can be achieved. You can listen to it here: File on 4: What price cheap clothes?