Lions - Working Man’s Death

“Work is often difficult to see, and therefore difficult to depict.
Physical labour is probably the only real kind of work.”
Michael Glawogger

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 today workers must be content in the knowledge that their hard work is better than no work at all.

Working Man’s Death looks at the state of physical work across the world today. Work that is dreary, demanding and, at times, dangerous.

In this episode, we take a glimpse inside the bloody and frenetic activity of the Port Harcourt meat market in Nigeria. Here cows and goats are brought to the slaughter - then cut, roasted and cleaned for sale.

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