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Ginoong Taiwan
Directed by 黃麗如, 鄭治明
The Philippines has more than 2.2 million overseas workers (OFW) around the world. In addition to providing economic support to their hometown, they also promote Philippine culture to all over the world, especially the beauty pageants that Filipinos are proud of. Beauty pageants are held almost every month for Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan. On weekdays, they are pale screws on the factory production line, but when they come to the holiday beauty pageant, they return to their true self and bravely be themselves. In one male beauty pageant after another, the contestants showed various faces of working people, including sadness and sweetness. When the applause from the catwalk rang out, they saw the distance between the direction of their dreams and their home.
The 8th Labor Film Festival, organized by the Taipei Film Drama Occupation Union, presents an online selection of 15 films on labor issues and winning works from the Labor Film Awards. Topics include the working conditions and workplace safety of nursing staff, the plight of migrant workers, the working environment of film and television industry professionals, and challenges faced by grassroots workers. We invite you to watch these documentaries and fictional portrayals of labor to further reflect on your own or others' working situations.
