Sisyphus
Syzyfowie
| year | 1971 |
| author | Tadeusz Wudzki |
| format | 8mm, 05'45, B&W |
| sound | sound |
| genre | documentary |
| club | AKF Wiedza, Warsaw |
| tags | pain, everyday, intimate, portrait, work, violence, labour, despair, celebration, common |
Like warriors preparing for battle, these labourers strap on all manner of protective equipment before going to work down on their hands and knees in molten tar, road-laying. The final application of paint markings indicates a job well done, but with the terrifying fall of a pickax, the cycle begins again.
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