การต่อสู้ของกรรมกรหญิงโรงงานฮาร่า + Angka Jadi Suara

การต่อสู้ของกรรมกรหญิงโรงงานฮาร่า (Hara Factory Workers Struggle)
Jon Uengphakorn, Thailand, 1975, 55 min. Thai with English subtitles

Angka Jadi Suara (The Day The Voices Raised)
Dian Septi Trisnanti, Indonesia, 2017, 22 min. Indonesian with English subtitles

With an introduction by Lisabona Rahman

Jon Ungpakorn’s 1975 documentary on the female workers’ struggle in Bangkok remained relatively unknown until it was presented to the public again by the Thai Film Archive in 2015. Between 1973 and 1976, social movements were thriving in Thailand with active participation from workers, farmers, students, intellectuals and artists. The film was made collectively in 1975 by a group of amateur filmmakers: Jon Uengphakorn, Sudathip Inthorn, Lawan and Somphot Uppa-in. By the time they finished the production in 1976, a military coup d’etat took place. The film remained unscreened until it entered the collection of the film archive. The Day The Voices Raised was produced in 2017 by women workers at the industrial district called KBN (Bonded Nusantara Zone) in the northern part of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a state-run enterprise, housing more than 60 thousand women working for transnational garment industry production. The women workers are getting organised to fight against sexual harassment at their workplace. (LR)

Lisabona Rahman is a Berlin-based film archivist and programmer.