Ten Thousand for One — Taif city

They climb a mountain road before sunrise and get stopped by baboons who have no intention of moving. Above the escarpment, the rose farms of Taif are already being harvested in the dark. Pickers strip blooms two-handed into waist baskets. Sacks of petals go through a low doorway into a room of copper stills and steam. And at the end of a copper spout, a man with pink-stained hands watches a glass vial fill one drop at a time, and explains the arithmetic of his job in five words. Thirteen episodes of pointing a camera at deserts, towers and crowds. This one ends on a single drop. first journey across Saudi Arabia. Japanese audio. Subtitles in Arabic, English, Spanish and Turkish.