Working Man's Death - Brothers

Working Man's Death - Brothers by aljazeeraenglish Pakistani men use little more than their bare hands to dismantle an abandoned oil tanker for scrap metal.

In this episode, filmmakers visit the ship-breaking yard of Gadani in Pakistan where derelict vessels are beached and then dismantled for scrap metal - with a bare minimum of mechanical assistance.

A 2004 documentary on the extremes to which workers will go to earn a living. In today's technological age - is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible?

Physical work was once celebrated with hymns of praise. But workers today must be content with encouraging one another that their hard work is better than no work at all. This series looks at the state of physical work in today's world. Work that is dreary, demanding and at time dangerous.