NOGADA
(NoGaDa)
dir. Kim Mirye, 2005
89 mins. South Korea.
In Korean with English subtitles.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5 - 5 PM followed by remote Q+A with Kim Mirye
ONE SCREENING ONLY!
(This event is $10.)

Following the footsteps of her father, a construction worker, the director draws the portrait of a very particular social class: the Nogadas or Day Labourers; who go from one construction site to another. Complete social outcasts, they are the scorned base of the pyramidal system that rules the construction sector in South Korea and Japan.

"My father worked as a construction worker all his life, often traveling across the country and even abroad in search of work. In South Korea, people like him were pejoratively called 'nogada' and discriminated against, excluded from the basic protection as workers under labor rights. The film takes on a journey to uncover the structure of domination built on 'nogada' at its base, tracing it back to the Japanese colonial period in search of solidarity with those who have fought against the unending discrimination." - Kim Mirye

KIM MIRYE's work has constantly zoomed in on the experience of exclusion in the everyday life of ordinary people, compelled by their energy. While her films investigate a nd uncover the structural and historical roots of their dehumanization, they invite viewers to share in the protagonists' perspectives on life, prompting them to reflect on their own grasp of life in relationship to others and the world. Her films have won awards at Fribourg International Film Festival (2004) and DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (2015).