
The True Cost(2015)
Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.


A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
Waiting for the Carnival is a documentary film released in 2019 exploring themes of textile industry, physical work, carnival, jeans, working conditions. Directed by Marcelo Gomes, A documentary film about the Brazilian town of Toritama, the self-proclaimed capital of jeans. The workers of the city’s self-managed small businesses only get one real break from their self-exploiting lives in the textile business: the annual Carnival.
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