This film describes the development of industrial zones for world market production around Jakarta, Indonesia. It shows how the industrialization and urbanization changes the landscape, wipes villages off the map, and creates polluted mega-cities. It emphasizes the role of working people and the exploitation of their labor that stand behind the development and gives special attention to women workers in certain industrial cities. Last not least, it points at the similarity of the situation in various regions and mega-cities around Asia.

"In a company supplying H&M the management will fire you immediately if it finds out you are pregnant." (from the film)