DW Documentary – 19/8/2026

The film SHE exposes the exploitative working conditions at an electronics factory in Vietnam. Almost 80,000 people work there, mostly women. The film offers a glimpse into this otherwise hidden world of work.

As filming on location was impossible, filmmaker Parsifal Reparato has the female workers re-enact scenes from their daily lives in minimalist, almost abstract settings. Close-ups and personal accounts combine to offer an intense insight into a system of surveillance, exhaustion and alienation – whilst also revealing a longing for education, freedom and a different life.

Total surveillance: Exploitation in Vietnam’s factories | DW Documentary