Brussels, a City of Making
Channel: cities of making
Date: 2020-03-03

Brussels was once one of Europe's main centres of manufacturing.  But since the 1960's, when some 60% of the population had a job connected to manufacturing, food or construction. Now the city contains less that 3% of jobs associated with the manufacturing and around 10% of the workforce is associated with the 'productive sector' which includes construction, food, manufacturing and waste management.  Manufacturing has been cast away by many public and private actors as a vestige of the past. However there remains a rich and diverse range of manufacturers producing the city's daily bread, recycling electrical waste, making signage or pushing the boundaries of food production.  In this documentary, we attempt to honestly portray daily life through the eyes of four businesses - describing their place within the city.  The film is structured through four themes: the local economy, innovation, circularity and skills and work.