In the late 1960s and early 1970s, girls aged 12 to 16 began working at Pyeonghwa Market. Running sewing machines, they also study the Labor Standards Act under the tutelage of Jeon Taeil. On September 9, 1977, they were imprisoned fighting against the government that closed labor classes, shouting, “The next Jeon Taeil will be a woman!” Now the middle-aged girls recall the memories of the life of female workers, social contempt, and stigma. Watching the sunrise in the East Sea, they admire, ‘How fair it is because everybody can see it.’ Sewing Sisters rewrites the history of maledominated Korean labor struggles in the 1970s with news interviews of female workers belonging to the Cheonggye Clothes Union.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Lee Suk-hee, Shin Sun-ae, Lim Mi-kyung
Crew: Park Sung-do (Original Music Composer), Lee Hyuk-rae (Editor), Lee Hyuk-rae (Producer), Kim Chang-hun (Production Sound Mixer), Koo Jong-ryul (Production Sound Mixer), Kim Jung-young (Director)
Country: South Korea
Language: 한국어/조선말
Studio: Flying Tiger Pictures
Runtime: 110 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 20, 2022
IMDb: 10