Written and directed by
Vincent Detours & Dominique Henry

Photography
Dominique Henry

Sound
Vincent Detours

Editing
Luc Plantier assisted by Thomas Vanthuyne

Sound editing
Arnould Chapel "Hill"

Mixing
Manu de Boissieu

Translations
Niraj Sha, Shirley Abraham, Arif Panjwani, Rifaat Ahmad, Nilima Chintawar, Satyan Chintawar, Owen Stuart, Catherine Montondo

Production assistants
Eve Comenge, Marie Galipienso, Christine Thonet

Post-production
Julien Sigalas

Executive producer
Denis Delcampe, Need Productions

Associate producers
RTBF, Télévision Belge, CBA, Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles

With the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique, des télédistributeurs wallons, de la Loterie Nationale et de la Région Bruxelles Capitale

Distribution
DVDOC and CBA

Other title
Mains-d’œuvre

2007, 52 min, 16/9, color, Digital BetaCam. Hindi, Maharati, Tamil, English. Versions subtitled in English or French are available. Distribution: DVDOC and CBA.

Social workers from NGO Nirman visit nakas, street markets where labor is hired at very low wages. Naka workers are too busy trying to survive, so for them talking about social progress is incongruous yet it has proved essential. With time they understand that they have rights.

DVD –
Buy the DVD from DVDOC or CBA.

TV broadcasts –
RTBF, Arte.

Festival selections –
Colombo Film Festival (Sri Lanka); Festival du Film Independant (Brussels); Festival International Media Nord-Sud (Switzerland); Ethno Film Festival (Berlin); Corsica (France); Objective docs (Paris); Docville (Belgium); Docùpolis (Barcelona).

Documents –

Intention notes of the directors (in French)

Interview of Pradeep Shinde (from Nirman, in French)

Links – 

- Other documentaries of Vincent Detours & Dominique Henry on related sujects: Dr Nagesh, Bombay! Bombay!.