Thematic evening: Cheap Wares

24.04.2007




Stuttgarter Zeitung


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Increasing numbers of people have reason to complain about the holes in their wallets. Under these circumstances, the hunt for bargains has become almost a popular sport. This trend is taken up by this thematic evening, which asks whether the price we pay for this boom of cheap commodities might be much too steep. The film “Made in Asia† illuminates the global textile market. Anyone buying cheap T-shirts or shoes these days ought to realize that all too often, low prices are made possible by child labor or appalling working conditions. (...)

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