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Ship breaking yards in Bangladesh where huge ocean-going vessels are dismantled at the end of their lives are the source of awe and empathy in a new documentary film that explores the plight of yard workers. In Yasmine Kabir's "The Last Rites," the Bangladeshi director seeks to portray the fascination she felt when she first visited the shipyards in her hometown of Chittagong, and the feeling that she had entered into another reality, a city of ships [..]