Archives - Program 2020
Grand Genève et Suisse romande
Saint-Genis-Pouilly : Overseas
20:00 projection
21:30 discussion around the working conditions of domestic workers, in the presence of the filmmaker.
Snacks by La Cimade
Saturday 14 March
20:00
Théâtre & Cinéma Le Bordeau (Saint-Genis-Pouilly)
Speakers
Sung-A Yoon Filmmaker
Julien Debonneville Author of a PhD thesis entitled "Les écoles de la servitude aux Philippines" (2016), Institute of Gender Studies, UNIGE
Moderated by
Sophie Helle
This debat is preceded by the movie:
Competition - Creative documentary
Overseas
By Sung-A Yoon
How should you set up a table for dinner? How should you wash a baby? What can you do when your boss tries to rape you? Every year, 200,000 Filipino women pass through specialized training centres before leaving to work as domestic servants in New York, Dubai or Geneva. They go through a series of role-playing games, changing the scenario every day. This film gives a face to these invisible women, and captures their vibrant testimonies, where fear and excitement are mixed with sadness at the idea of leaving their own children. A documentary gem which interrogates the meaning of “work” today and pays tribute to these overwhelmingly brave women.
Section Competition - Creative documentary
- Director(s)
- Sung-A Yoon
Producers
- Isabelle Truc
- Quentin Laurent
World sales
- Cat & Docs
Distributor
- Catherine Le Clef
- Duration
- 90'
- Year
- 2019
