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Monobloc
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| With more than a billion units in circulation worIdwide, this deceptively bland piece of furniture was originalIy conceived by designer Henry Massonnet as a fashionable commodity for upper- class consumers. The pursuit of lowered production costs above aIl eIse soon turned the MonobIoc into a symbol of cheap design, environmentaI waste, and bad taste across much of the Western world. Hauke WendIer’s documentary MONOBLOC takes a cIoser look at its ubiquity and streamlined production process, finding a microcosm of economic globalization and inequality. Filming across five continents, WendIer contrasts this disparaging view of the Monobloc with its roIe in many deveIoping countries, where its Iow cost has made it one of the few pieces of furniture that impoverished famiIies can afford. ln Uganda we are introduced to Dan Schoendorfer, whose Free Wheelchair Mission has modified inexpensive MonobIocs to make wheeIchairs avaiIable to miIlions for the first time. Trips to lndia and Brazil simiIarIy reveaI the chair’s importance to the deveIoping world, where local industrialist families have taken over the production and recycling process. Unexpectedly expansive in scope MONOBLOC reveals how a singIe consumer product can telI a much broader story of global development aesthetic judgement and economic inequality. |
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