Made in Bangladesh: 10 years after the deadly Rana Plaza collapse - The Fifth Estate

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Published 2024-02-02
In the decade since 1,134 people were killed and thousands injured in Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza garment factory collapse, promises to improve safety ring hollow. The Fifth Estate’s Mark Kelley revisits the site of the deadly collapse and finds workers are still not paid a living wage – including those working for Canadian companies such as Loblaw’s Joe Fresh.

This is a follow-up to Made in Bangladesh, which won the 2014 International Emmy® Award for Current Affairs programming.

00:00 - Visiting the site of the deadly collapse
13:13 - Are workers safer today?
23:19 - Demanding action
35:55 - Loblaws’ Joe Fresh statement

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About The Fifth Estate: For more than four decades, The Fifth Estate has been Canada's premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Mark Kelley and Steven D'Souza continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.

Made in Bangladesh: 10 years later

producer/director
Timothy Sawa

writer
Mark Kelley

associate producers
Lisa Ellenwood
Abdullah Al Imran

video editor
Naire Bahjat

senior videographer
John Badcock csc

drone operators
Akhter Hossain
Md. Mukul Mia
Patrick Morrell

additional cinematography
Jonathan Castell
Michael Cole
Travis Golby
Andy Hincenbergs
Derek Hooper
Mokhter Hossain
Israr Ahmed Khan
Yanjun Li
Keith Whelan

sound operators
Md. Baizid
Md. Shihab

production assistant - bangladesh
Tamzid Sheikh

archival material
Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
AFP
AP Archive
AP Images
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Caroline Leal / Oxfam Canada
Dhaka Tribune
ETV
Maasranga TV
NTV
Reuters
Taslima Akhter
The Daily Star
The Guardian
Workers Rights Consortium
wsws.org
YouTube

graphic designer
Tim Kindrachuk

post audio
Roberto Capretta
Ron Searles

colourist
Scott McIntyre

visual research
Leslie Morrison

media management
Astoria Luzzi

rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow

social media producers
Alex Migdal
Britt Purdy

digital producer
Janet Davison

project manager
Victor Kerr

resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Dragan Maricic
Sam Nar

associate director
Nanci King

packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni

coordinating associate directors
Rhonda Kirkpatrick
Jane Wilson

senior producers
Raj Ahluwalia
Emmanuel Marchand

executive producer
Allya Davidson

original broadcast
February 2, 2024

All Comments (21)
  • @northerngurl6178
    And yet Joe Fresh is still in business, Canadians were outraged for about 5 minutes after this happened, then went on to put it out of memory, this story should never have died with those victims.
  • @m.e.345
    Wow.. The Fifth Estate hits it out of the ballpark again.. excellent documentary.
  • @mangotwiss
    The fifth Estate, please do not stop reporting. The type of professionalism you dedicate on your reports IS BEYOND.! l would've loved to be a professional journalist as you are guys!
  • @osmia
    This is quality - revisiting a previous story so it doesn't fade into the public subconscious
  • @TheDd2402
    I am a Bangladeshi Canadian and here’s what you should do. Stopping to buy at Joe Fresh or Zara or H&M really doesn’t solve the problem. There has to be a minimum floor price for each garment item that ensures safety, ethics and fair wage for these people. As ACCORD came along to fix the safety of the workers there needs to be a new ACCORD to establish floor prices of each piece of garment produced.
  • @zooedca
    People need to stop shopping at Lablaws and the other brands manufacturing there. Lablaws already gouges its customers for record profits, $621-million per quarter for 2.5 billion profits in 2023. There are other alternatives out there.
  • @angelaortiz3406
    The richer got rich, and the poor poor, that is so sad that these women are living like this, shame, shame, shame🙏🏼
  • @ak6885
    we need to band together and boycott these brands. these companies should be forced to compensate the victims.
  • @TheKayc136
    My heart aches watching this and all those who died and were injured. Aruti/ Shumi is such a beautiful, dignified woman. You can see in her eyes though the pain she is suffering, both mentally and physically. The companies should still be supporting her, and the other people involved. .
  • 8:31 l have not shopped Loblaws or Joe Fresh since Rana. Thanks for bringing it to our attention again. Money and power, when will it be human beings , poor or rich.
  • @TLAR24
    I feel that anyone that sells clothing should be transparent in where their products are coming from. Even small business. There are companies out there that sell bulk clothing and get the product from Bangladesh but no where on the site does it tell you where the products are made. Make it known for people to be able to make better decisions.
  • Thanks Mark ,journalist team ! The company, government ,industry rapping the workers of a just wage from the existing market ? Wow humanity ?
  • @yujiacao
    These companies and CEOs have already taken huge advantage of cheap labors from poor countries, at least at least give these poor people a safe working enviornment. If there is reincarnation, i wish god no matter what god turn these CEOs and corrupt government officials to these poor worker and let them get a dose of their own medicine.
  • @Ashinle
    You guys do some criminally underrated work. Keep doing the world's work these are an absolute necessity.
  • @nightmanthinks
    Thanks Fifth State . Yet another justice served to the people and showcase the power of journalism.
  • @YoliePolie
    Buy second hand, there's enough clothing on the planet to last a century.
  • @jeffliu4203
    My heart went out for these poor people. The conditions in these 3rd world countries are so woeful that, it's a luxury to value lives there. Thank you for still remembering these poor souls! And Mark, you are unfazed to become the least welcomed person any where you went. Kudos to your courage! You probably think you may become part of the solution, but the factory owners and the stake holders more likely think you are part of a problem. I am sure that factory owner has had his MBA degree taken, as his answer sounded like straight out of textbook. If you continued, you may about to incite a revolution.
  • @user-fh2in4mu2j
    NEVER bought Joe fresh and fast fashion in general, I prefer to save a buy one good quality item a year then their garbage