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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