CSR at the Movies - Manufactured Landscapes

The impact of rapid economic growth in emerging markets such as China and Bangladesh is examined here in the acclaimed film Manufactured Landscapes…

In the film, Jennifer Baichwal’s cameras follow Edward Burtynsky as he visits what he calls manufactured landscapes: slag heaps, e-waste dumps, huge factories in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces of China, and a place in Bangladesh where ships are taken apart for recycling. In China, workers gather outside the factory, exhorted by their team leader to produce more and make fewer errors. A woman assembles a circuit breaker, and women and children are seen picking through debris or playing in it. Burtynsky concludes with a visit to Shanghai, the world’s fastest growing city, where wealth and poverty, high-rises and old neighborhoods are side by side.

Here is the trailer:

Here are some of the key clips from the film:

Edward Burtynsky talks more about his work here:

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