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World Premiere
Burmese on the Roof
Wide Angle
Social Criticism · Politics/Conspiracy · Human Rights
- CountryKorea
- Production Year2016
- Running Time90min
- FormatHDCAM
- ColorColor
Program Note
The film follows three immigrant workers from Burma. Living together on a building’s rooftop in the Masoek Furniture Industrial Complex, they sometimes cook Burmese dishes, or eat “kimchi” and “ramyon” alone, or drink and enjoy themselves, or fight like cats and dogs, or dance to music. Sometimes feeling homesick, they talk sweetly on the phone, or quarrel loudly. They are not much different from other workers who live away from home and family, but their lives may be a bit more lonely and closed. The film reflects their everyday lives instead of just placing them in the category of “immigrant workers”. They are individuals with different backgrounds, tastes, and thoughts, who just happened to live in the same space temporarily. That’s why the film doesn’t deal with the usual matters of employers in conflict with illegal workers, the absurd system, or human rights issues. Rather, it tries to depict the aspects of life of the three people as they live. The film looks at them as some acquaintances, without categorizing them as being immigrant workers, or from Burma. And this “ordinary” gaze is what makes this film powerful. (LEE Seung-min)
Director
OH Hyunjin
Oh made the short documentaries Here, Our Town (2011), Byeopssi School (2012), Cat and Sky (2016) and the feature documentary Garden City and Me (2014). These films were screened at numerous festivals including the Seoul Independent Film Festival, Indieforum, Seoul Independent Documentary Film & Video Festival, Green Film Festival in Seoul, and Seoul International New Media Festival.
KO Duhyun
Born in 1986 in the southeastern city of Ulsan, Ko directed the short documentary Yoyo & Me (2013). Burmese on the Roof is Ko’s first feature documentary.
Credit
- Director
OH Hyunjin
KO Duhyun - ProducerChangmin LEE
- CastSoe
Joe
Tommy - ScreenplayHyunjin OH
Duhyun KO - CinematographyHyunjin OH
Duhyun KO - EditorHyunjin OH
Duhyun KO - Production CompanyAnamnesis Film
filmanamnesis@gmail.com
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