SALT- The Korean Railway Workers Story

2003

Mid length

PARK Jong suk | 2003 | Documentary | DV 6mm | Color | 54min

SYNOPSIS

Railway female workers have to work all night because of manpower shortage. 'The Salt' is a story of the railway female workers who are forgot with their important roll.

DIRECTING INTENTION

This project tracks and weaves together the stories and lives of women railway workers who suffer from inordinate rate of miscarriage and struggle to raise their children. Giving birth and raising children for the women workers in the railway, where they cannot dare to take rest because of acutely inadequate staffing level, have become a painful burden.

FESTIVAL & AWARDS

2003 제8회 부산국제영화제
2003 인천 인권영화제

DIRECTOR

PARK Jong suk

1997 <요통 당신은 안전하십니까>
1998 <담장안 직업병 담장밖 공해병>
2000 <평행선> 
2002 <죽음의 터널속으로> 
2003 <소금>
STAFF

Director Park Jeong-Suk
Producer Park Jeong-Suk
Cinematographer Chun Chol-Won