SHAWN KAN
More and more Filipinos choose to leave their homeland for work abroad. Like everyone else, they too cherish a dream, though in the eyes of many, this dream is simple and very pragmatic: They only wish to make a living. When their simple aspirations butt up against the complexities of the real world, what conflicts and changes do they experience in their lives? One female Filipina worker arrived in Taiwan on March 27, 2002, but because of a sexual assault case was forced to temporarily stop working. She now lives at the Catholic Hope Workers Center, awaiting questioning. But has the way this story played out truly been of concrete help to her?
SHAWN KAN
A Glimpse of my Ambition, 2004
DV. 27'
A Glimpse of my Ambition, 2004
DV. 27'
More and more Filipinos choose to leave their homeland for work abroad. Like everyone else, they too cherish a dream, though in the eyes of many, this dream is simple and very pragmatic: They only wish to make a living. When their simple aspirations butt up against the complexities of the real world, what conflicts and changes do they experience in their lives? One female Filipina worker arrived in Taiwan on March 27, 2002, but because of a sexual assault case was forced to temporarily stop working. She now lives at the Catholic Hope Workers Center, awaiting questioning. But has the way this story played out truly been of concrete help to her?