14. “Help Is On The Way”: Nick Calpakdjian (documentary on migrant labor 助守在異鄉)
The Taiwan Take
English - November 09, 2020 07:36 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture ghost island podcast taiwan podcast the ghost island taiwan 鬼島之音 current affairs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Documentary “Help Is On The Way” (助守在異鄉) won Best Feature at the 39th Indonesian Film Festival (FFI). It premiered in Taiwan on Public Television Service in 2020.
Nearly 40% of the 700,000 migrant workers in Taiwan are from Indonesia. We speak to Nick Calpakdjian, producer of the feature-length documentary from Indonesia that explores the nuances of being domestic caregivers workers in Taiwan. Stories of these migrant workers begin at a nanny school in West Java.
International labor migration is a global issue, and this is The Taiwan Take. Guest-host today is Katherine Wei, a Taiwan-based journalist with The Strait Times. She is on Twitter @Katherinewei508.
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