The Dam

It’s interesting work, though perhaps it fetishises Maher’s enigmatic silence a little too much.

Though Maher and his worksite are some distance from the brewing revolution, The Dam suggests that the violence has made its way to them through nature.

It’s a poetic picture which combines a dispassionate account of the lives of the brick-makers with a dash of magical realism.

The Dam is an enigmatic and often eerie mood piece which incorporates elements of the supernatural as it weaves a poignant political allegory of revolution.