A Decent Living (2012)
• October 17th, 2012 • 0h 17min
Documentary
Overview
Ahmed is a simple man who lives in a village which called Beidif, 200 km from Cairo in Egypt. His job is to make up the sewer system. All houses in Beidif have cesspits to get rid of waste water. A cesspit is a large underground tank to hold sewage. They need to be emptied regularly or the household will face problems. The film shows how Ahmed does his work everyday and how this work affects his life.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Canción de barrio
Released on: 2014-08-28
Music, Documentary
Documentary collecting some experiences of the first two years of the "Gira interminable" tour were ...
Yallah! Underground
Released on: 2015-04-18
Music, Documentary
Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab undergr...
American Jail
Released on: 2018-07-01
Documentary
In this deeply personal film, director Roger Ross Williams sets out on a journey to understand the c...
Cairo Drive
Released on: 2013-10-28
Documentary
A documentary that explores the life of one of the world's most populated cities from its streets. S...
Escape from the World's Most Dangerous Place
Released on: 2012-04-30
Documentary
Successful model Samira Hashi makes an emotional return to Somalia, one of the most dangerous places...
The Pharaoh in the Suburb: Uncovered
Released on: 2018-08-27
Documentary, History
A chance find in a suburb of Cairo has shed new light on an all but forgotten Pharaoh, Psamtik I. Di...
Land Without Bread
Released on: 1933-12-01
Documentary
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Megacities
Released on: 1998-08-12
Documentary
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
Stealing Africa
Released on: 2012-11-28
Documentary
Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are ow...
The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs
Released on: 2022-11-13
Documentary
The great history of Egypt is inscribed on its monuments, temples and tombs, but hieroglyphs – the w...
Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey
Released on: 2018-10-21
Documentary, History, TV Movie
In the summer of 1959, as a magazine correspondent, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-7...
The Tentmakers of Cairo
Released on: 2015-04-21
Documentary
Amid the tumult of the Arab Spring in Cairo, vendors in a small souk observe the political upheaval ...
Every Day is Night
Released on: 2010-09-01
Documentary
For many years, the Swiss photographer Jean-Claude Wicky captured the world of Bolivian miners in ph...
Laissez-faire
Released on: 2015-01-30
Documentary, History
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so pr...
Black Pharaohs: Empire of Gold
Released on: 2018-07-03
Documentary, History
It's a land of pyramids, gold, and ancient treasure, but it's not Egypt. It's present-day Sudan, onc...
Innocence
Released on: 2006-01-16
Documentary
In the mountains of Northern Thailand lies a boarding school. The students come from different tribe...
The Corporate Coup D'État
Released on: 2018-11-18
Documentary
A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is faili...
Coach Zoran and His African Tigers
Released on: 2014-02-14
Documentary
Documentary following Serbian football coach Zoran Đorđević as he helps form South Sudan's first nat...
Darwin's Nightmare
Released on: 2005-01-21
Documentary
Africa in the sixties. The Nile perch, a ravenous predator, is introduced into Lake Victoria as a sc...