
The wealth and opulence of the Gulf States in the Middle East were built on the labor of cheap labor from foreign countries. In 2009, four young Nepali men left their villages for the Arab Gulf, their stories, like those of a few million that keep the country afloat, often disillusioning and, as often, empowering, captured in the film In Search of the Riyal. The Riyalists trace the trajectories of the four men since then and over 12 years, a chronicle of Nepali labor migration, illuminating the experiences for up to 3 million Nepali working Qatar (2022 FIFA venue), UAE and other Gulf States the last few decades.
Cast
Recommendations
view all
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

A Plastic Ocean

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

The Class of ‘92

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

Directed by John Ford

28 Up

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Being James Bond

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

Downloaded

McQueen

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes

Lake of Fire

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Naqoyqatsi

Seduced and Abandoned

Voyeur

One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper